Why rails app is redirecting unexpectedly instead of matching the route?

Question

I asked this question earlier and thought it was fixed, but it\'s not. Previous question here

My problem is I am trying to set my routes so that when I type in

Answer 1

We meet again, ruevaughn. :)

I created a test rails app and the following minimal example works for me:

scope ":locale", locale: /#{I18n.available_locales.join("|")}/ do
  resources :sites do
    collection do
      get :admin
    end
  end

  root to: "locale#root" # handles /en/
  match "*path", to: "locale#not_found" # handles /en/fake/path/whatever
end

root to: redirect("/#{I18n.default_locale}") # handles /
match '*path', to: redirect("/#{I18n.default_locale}/%{path}") # handles /not-a-locale/anything