How to get Apache2 to redirect to a subdirectory

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I am running apache2 on Debian etch, with multiple virtual hosts.

I want to redirect so that http://git.example.com goes to http://git.example.com/git/

Should be really simple, but Google isn't quite cutting it. I've tried the Redirect and Rewrite stuff and they don't quite seem to do what I want ...

There are many ways you could approach this, but what is exactly what you are trying to accomplish? — WerkkreW, May 19 '09 at 17:24

Hamish Downer · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-09T14:28:26.250

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Feel a bit silly - a bit more googling turned up the answer I was after:

RedirectMatch ^/$ /git/

Basically redirecting the root, and only the root.

This code could do in a .htaccess file (there is a tag for this, so I assume that is the original use case). But if you can edit ,the main server apache config then put it in the section for your website probably inside a <VirtualHost> section.

The docs for RedirectMatch say that the context can be "server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess".

edited Feb 09 '17 at 14:28

answered May 19 '09 at 17:23

Hamish Downer

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ok, so where to put this line of code? – user230910 Jan 10 '17 at 05:41
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I had to put a full URI (`https://example.com/git/`) for this to work. Strange. – Mat M Sep 22 '17 at 14:09
You have to use double quotes as per documentation you've linked. – Kiril Apr 23 '21 at 15:08

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 11 '09 at 15:59

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You've got the correct answer there with the redirect. You have to be careful when redirecting everything to somewhere else, since you can get recursive redirects there. This happens if you want to put up a maintenance page.

answered Jun 11 '09 at 15:59

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Indeed. `Redirect / /git/` results in recursive fireworks. – Davor Josipovic May 09 '15 at 20:51

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 25 '09 at 18:57

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You can use Redirect directive.

<Directory />
   Redirect permanent / http://git.example.com/git/
   ...
</Directory>

answered Sep 25 '09 at 18:57

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This NOT work! Firstly, tags are used for local filesystem path, not for url. For url use tags. Secondly, "Redirect" matches partial url from the left. Thus /git is also a match, creating a infinite redirect loop. – 把友情留在无盐 Dec 12 '19 at 13:04

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 11 '16 at 21:29

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The accepted answer resolved my issue, but I also found that I had to add a 404 redirect for non-existant pages -- my situation is that have an OwnCloud installation located one level below root (https://example.com/owncloud).

This worked for me, to send everything to my subdirectory:

# redirect from root to subdirectory
RedirectMatch ^/$ /thesubdirectory/

# redirect on 404 to subdirectory
ErrorDocument 404 /thesubdirectory/index.php

answered Sep 11 '16 at 21:29

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ErrorDocument should return an error page, not a useful document. This is important for crawlers. – Jonah Benton Sep 11 '16 at 22:01

How to get Apache2 to redirect to a subdirectory

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