Ticket #10818: simplified_route_aliasing.patch

a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb

@@ -115 +115 @@
-  #   root_url   # => 'http://www.example.com/'
-  #   root_path  # => ''
-  #
+  # You can also specify an already-defined named route in your map.root call:
+  #
+  #   # In routes.rb
+  #   map.new_session :controller => 'sessions', :action => 'new'
+  #   map.root :new_session
+  #
-  # Note: when using +with_options+, the route is simply named after the
-  # method you call on the block parameter rather than map.
-  #

a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing/route_set.rb

@@ -19 +19 @@
-
-        # Creates a named route called "root" for matching the root level request.
-        def root(options = {})
+          if options.is_a?(Symbol) 
+            if source_route = @set.named_routes.routes[options] 
+              options = source_route.defaults.merge({ :conditions => source_route.conditions }) 
+            end
+          end
-          named_route("root", '', options)
-        end
-

a/actionpack/test/controller/routing_test.rb

@@ -1808 +1808 @@
-    Object.send(:remove_const, :PeopleController)
-  end
-  
+  def test_recognize_with_alias_in_conditions 
+    Object.const_set(:PeopleController, Class.new) 
+   
+    set.draw do |map| 
+      map.people "/people", :controller => 'people', :action => "index", 
+        :conditions => { :method => :get } 
+      map.root   :people
+    end 
+
+    request.path = "/people" 
+    request.method = :get 
+    assert_nothing_raised { set.recognize(request) } 
+    assert_equal("people", request.path_parameters[:controller]) 
+    assert_equal("index", request.path_parameters[:action]) 
+
+    request.path = "/" 
+    request.method = :get 
+    assert_nothing_raised { set.recognize(request) } 
+    assert_equal("people", request.path_parameters[:controller]) 
+    assert_equal("index", request.path_parameters[:action]) 
+  ensure 
+    Object.send(:remove_const, :PeopleController) 
+  end
+  
-  def test_typo_recognition
-    Object.const_set(:ArticlesController, Class.new)
-