Removed the default .htaccess configuration as there are so many good deployment options now (kept it as an example in README) [DHH]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@9134 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

actionpack/lib/action_controller/http_authentication.rb

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module ActionController
     #  
     # On shared hosts, Apache sometimes doesn't pass authentication headers to
     # FCGI instances. If your environment matches this description and you cannot
-    # authenticate, try this rule in public/.htaccess (replace the plain one):
+    # authenticate, try this rule in your Apache setup:
     # 
     #   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [E=X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},QSA,L]
     module Basic

railties/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Removed the default .htaccess configuration as there are so many good deployment options now (kept it as an example in README) [DHH]
+
 * config.time_zone accepts TZInfo::Timezone identifiers as well as Rails TimeZone identifiers [Geoff Buesing]
 
 * Rails::Initializer#initialize_time_zone raises an error if value assigned to config.time_zone is not recognized. Rake time zone tasks only require ActiveSupport instead of entire environment [Geoff Buesing]

railties/README

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 == Welcome to Rails
 
-Rails is a web-application and persistence framework that includes everything
-needed to create database-backed web-applications according to the
-Model-View-Control pattern of separation. This pattern splits the view (also
-called the presentation) into "dumb" templates that are primarily responsible
-for inserting pre-built data in between HTML tags. The model contains the
-"smart" domain objects (such as Account, Product, Person, Post) that holds all
-the business logic and knows how to persist themselves to a database. The
-controller handles the incoming requests (such as Save New Account, Update
-Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model and directing data to the view.
+Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create 
+database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern. 
+
+This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb" templates
+that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between HTML tags.
+The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account, Product, Person,
+Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to persist themselves to
+a database. The controller handles the incoming requests (such as Save New Account,
+Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model and directing data to the view.
 
 In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
 layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
 
 1. At the command prompt, start a new Rails application using the <tt>rails</tt> command
    and your application name. Ex: rails myapp
-   (If you've downloaded Rails in a complete tgz or zip, this step is already done)
 2. Change directory into myapp and start the web server: <tt>script/server</tt> (run with --help for options)
 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and get "Welcome aboard: You're riding the Rails!"
 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application
@@ -62,6 +61,50 @@ Apache, LiteSpeed, IIS are just a few. For more information on FCGI,
 please visit: http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/FastCGI
 
 
+== Apache .htaccess example
+
+# General Apache options
+AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
+AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
+Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
+
+# If you don't want Rails to look in certain directories,
+# use the following rewrite rules so that Apache won't rewrite certain requests
+# 
+# Example:
+#   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/notrails.*
+#   RewriteRule .* - [L]
+
+# Redirect all requests not available on the filesystem to Rails
+# By default the cgi dispatcher is used which is very slow
+# 
+# For better performance replace the dispatcher with the fastcgi one
+#
+# Example:
+#   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]
+RewriteEngine On
+
+# If your Rails application is accessed via an Alias directive,
+# then you MUST also set the RewriteBase in this htaccess file.
+#
+# Example:
+#   Alias /myrailsapp /path/to/myrailsapp/public
+#   RewriteBase /myrailsapp
+
+RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
+RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L]
+
+# In case Rails experiences terminal errors
+# Instead of displaying this message you can supply a file here which will be rendered instead
+# 
+# Example:
+#   ErrorDocument 500 /500.html
+
+ErrorDocument 500 "<h2>Application error</h2>Rails application failed to start properly"
+
+
 == Debugging Rails
 
 Sometimes your application goes wrong.  Fortunately there are a lot of tools that

railties/Rakefile

@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ end
 
 # Copy Ties Content -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# :link_apache_config
 desc "Make copies of all the default content of ties"
 task :copy_ties_content => [ 
   :copy_rootfiles, :copy_dispatches, :copy_html_files, :copy_application,
@@ -197,8 +196,6 @@ task :copy_configs do
   
   cp "configs/routes.rb", "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/config/routes.rb"
 
-  cp "configs/apache.conf", "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/public/.htaccess"
-
   cp "configs/initializers/inflections.rb", "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/config/initializers/inflections.rb"
   cp "configs/initializers/mime_types.rb",  "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/config/initializers/mime_types.rb"
 
@@ -231,12 +228,6 @@ task :copy_app_doc_readme do
   cp "doc/README_FOR_APP", "#{PKG_DESTINATION}/doc/README_FOR_APP"
 end
 
-task :link_apache_config do
-  chdir(File.join(PKG_DESTINATION, 'config')) {
-    ln_s "../public/.htaccess", "apache.conf"
-  }
-end
-
 def copy_with_rewritten_ruby_path(src_file, dest_file)
   ruby = File.join(Config::CONFIG['bindir'], Config::CONFIG['ruby_install_name'])
 

railties/lib/rails_generator/generators/applications/app/app_generator.rb

@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ class AppGenerator < Rails::Generator::Base
       m.template "helpers/application_helper.rb", "app/helpers/application_helper.rb"
       m.template "helpers/test_helper.rb",        "test/test_helper.rb"
 
-      # database.yml and .htaccess
+      # database.yml and routes.rb
       m.template "configs/databases/#{options[:db]}.yml", "config/database.yml", :assigns => {
         :app_name => @app_name,
         :socket   => options[:db] == "mysql" ? mysql_socket_location : nil
       }
       m.template "configs/routes.rb", "config/routes.rb"
-      m.template "configs/apache.conf",   "public/.htaccess"
 
       # Initializers
       m.template "configs/initializers/inflections.rb", "config/initializers/inflections.rb"