Root inside namespace or scope not working with rails 5.0.0-beta1

Question

The following should work as per http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#using-root

routes.rb

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  scope module: 'admin'  do
    constraints subdomain: 'admin' do
      root to: 'tenants#index'
      resources :tenants
    end
  end
  root to: 'users#index'
  resources :users
end

Unfortunately, whichever root is listed first ends up taking over. As listed, admin.xyz.com will fire tenants#index. If the outer root to: 'users#index' is moved first in the source order then it becomes the root path for all including admin.xyz.com.

Do I read guide correctly? I so, this may be a bug in rails 5.0.0-beta1.

Answer 1

I think the problem is you have to put an :as => something_not_root on one or the other that you use in order to use both at the same time. I referenced this SO post for that information

So try this instead

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  scope module: 'admin'  do
    constraints subdomain: 'admin' do
      root to: 'tenants#index', as: tenants_root
      resources :tenants
    end
  end
  root to: 'users#index'
  resources :users
end

and then call it

tenants_root_path