Cant define root route more than once in Rails 4

Question

I've got the following in my routes file:

scope :constraints => lambda{ |req| req.session[:user_id].present? } do
  root "users#show"  
end

scope :constraints => lambda{ |req| req.session[:admin_id].present? } do
  root "brands#index"  
end

root "sessions#new"

This code worked fine in Rails 3, but when I use it in Rails 4 I get the following error message:

Invalid route name, already in use 'root' (ArgumentError).

You may have defined two routes with the same name using the ':as' option

Is there a way round this? What has changed?

Is this the only code you have in your `routes.rb` file? – Pavan Jul 21 '14 at 15:45 — Pavan, Jul 21 '14 at 15:45
https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/10494 – usha Jul 21 '14 at 15:49 — usha, Jul 21 '14 at 15:49
Thanks @vimsha! I will post the fix. – stephenmurdoch Jul 21 '14 at 15:50 — stephenmurdoch, Jul 21 '14 at 15:50
Rails 4.1.4 and this still persists. Blah. – Michael Hampton Oct 30 '14 at 23:50 — Michael Hampton, Oct 30 '14 at 23:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '14 at 16:00

As @vimsha pointed out, it's a known issue and in my case the best fix was to do the following:

scope :constraints => lambda{ |req| req.session[:user_id].present? } do
  match '/', to: "users#index", via: :get  
end

scope :constraints => lambda{ |req| req.session[:admin_id].present? } do
  match '/', to: "brands#index", via: :get  
end

root "sessions#new"

Alles im ordinem.

Cant define root route more than once in Rails 4

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