Avoid generating duplicate routes?

[jensb]

When using host_locales, many routes get duplicated, e.g. I have

 get '/blah' => 'api/v1/foo#bar', as: :blah_foo

in a localized block in routes.rb. This results in (with available_locales = :de, :en)

    blah_foo_de GET    /de/blah(.:format)      api/v1/foo#bar {:locale=>"de"}
    blah_foo_native_en GET    /blah(.:format)         api/v1/foo#bar {:locale=>"en"}
    blah_foo_native_de GET    /blah(.:format)         api/v1/foo#bar {:locale=>"de"}
    blah_foo_en GET    /blah(.:format)         api/v1/foo#bar {:locale=>"en"}

If both /de/blah and /blah are accessible under the German domain with the same content, this will result in duplicate content penalties in search engines. Can I drop the "native" routes?

[tagliala]

This should be possible via config.force_locale = true

[lime]

This should be possible via config.force_locale = true

However, the README states:

If host_locales option is set, the following options will be forced (even if you set to true):

@config.generate_unlocalized_routes         = false
@config.generate_unnamed_unlocalized_routes = false
@config.force_locale                        = false
@config.hide_locale                         = false

What's the reasoning behind this? Would being able to set force_locale = true cause any adverse effects?

[tagliala]

@lime you are right, because I was not and I'm not using this solution for the very same reason.

This is my approach:

route_translator.rb

RouteTranslator.config do |config|
  config.hide_locale = true
end

application_controller.rb

  DOMAIN_LANGUAGE = {
    'it.lvh.me' => :it,
    'en.lvh.me' => :en
  }

  skip_around_action :set_locale_from_url
  around_action :set_site_locale

  def set_site_locale(&block)
    I18n.with_locale DOMAIN_LANGUAGE[request.host], &block
  end

but I'm having other issues, see: #91, #95

[tagliala]

Fixed in the just released 6.0.0.alpha1