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-rw-r--r--actionpack/CHANGELOG2
-rwxr-xr-xactionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index 95324a4451..9c180eae1b 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
*SVN*
+* Add documentation for redirect_to :back's RedirectBackError exception. [Marcel Molina Jr.]
+
* Update layout and content_for documentation to use yield rather than magic @content_for instance variables. [Marcel Molina Jr.]
* Fix assert_redirected_to tests according to real-world usage. Also, don't fail if you add an extra :controller option: [Rick]
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
index 5302ee6cad..3ed99ba793 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb
@@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc:
# redirect_to :back
#
# The redirection happens as a "302 Moved" header.
+ #
+ # When using <tt>redirect_to :back</tt>, if there is no referrer,
+ # RedirectBackError will be raised. You may specify some fallback
+ # behavior for this case by rescueing RedirectBackError.
def redirect_to(options = {}, *parameters_for_method_reference) #:doc:
case options
when %r{^\w+://.*}