I'd like to propose two improvements to the semantics of "RewriteOptions inherit" appearing in an htaccess file.
#1. Currently, "RewriteOptions inherit" works as if the parent's rules were copied and pasted into the child (after any other rules). This means that requests in the child directory are tested against the parent's rules after stripping the /child's/ RewriteBase. Thus, the parent's rules have a different effect when inherited by "RewriteOptions inherit" compared to when the child has no mod_rewrite configuration at all, in which case they are tested after stripping the /parent's/ RewriteBase. I found this behavior surprising. You can see an example of this in the attached tar file, designed to be untarred as a "htaccess-rewrite-inherit-test" directory in the DocumentRoot. A request for /htaccess-rewrite-inherit-test/subdir/foo.html gives a 404 error due to the application of an inherited rule that was anchored with ^ in the intent that it should apply only to /htaccess-rewrite-inherit-test/foo.html . If the subdir/.htaccess file is deleted, this request is handled as intended. I propose storing the RewriteBase with each rule so that a parental rule behaves the same way when inherited as when the child has no mod_rewrite configuration. #2. When a directory is requested without a trailing slash, mod_rewrite skips running that directory's rules to avoid unpredictable behavior resulting from the inability to strip the RewriteBase (see bug 20195). However, if the directory said "RewriteOptions inherit", I think inherited rules should still run, as they would if the directory had no mod_rewrite configuration. This could be implemented by removing the check from the beginning of hook_fixup and instead skipping each individual rule if the request does not begin with its RewriteBase. Comments? I can try to implement this, but I'm new to the Apache code base, so I don't know how far I'll get. -- Matt
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