Setting index route in Symfony 2

Question

I\'ve got Symfony2 installed, and a mostly working site, the only issue is I don\'t know how to set a default route. Currently, I access my index and other routes with the follo

Answer 1

The answer given by ManseUK is very much helpful but I have little elaboration

1)

# app/config/routing.yml
homepage:
    pattern:   /
    defaults:  { _controller: AcmeHomeBundle:home:show }

2) rename the app_dev.php to index.php and this will route to the home page automatically