Routes specifying 'to:' must be a string that contains a "#" or a rack

application.  Use of a symbol should be replaced with `action: symbol`.
Use of a string without a "#" should be replaced with `controller: string`.

Author: tenderlove

actionpack/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*   Routes specifying 'to:' must be a string that contains a "#" or a rack
+    application.  Use of a symbol should be replaced with `action: symbol`.
+    Use of a string without a "#" should be replaced with `controller: string`.
+
 *   Deprecate all *_filter callbacks in favor of *_action callbacks.
 
     *Rafael Mendonça França*

actionpack/aaron_path.dot

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actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 require 'active_support/inflector'
 require 'action_dispatch/routing/redirection'
 require 'action_dispatch/routing/endpoint'
+require 'active_support/deprecation'
 
 module ActionDispatch
   module Routing
@@ -284,9 +285,13 @@ def check_part(name, part, path_params, hash)
 
           def get_controller_and_action(controller, action, to, modyoule)
             case to
-            when Symbol then action = to.to_s
+            when Symbol
+              ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "defining a route where `to` is a symbol is deprecated.  Please change \"to: :#{to}\" to \"action: :#{to}\""
+              action = to.to_s
             when /#/    then controller, action = to.split('#')
-            when String then controller = to
+            when String
+              ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "defining a route where `to` is a controller without an action is deprecated.  Please change \"to: :#{to}\" to \"controller: :#{to}\""
+              controller = to
             end
 
             if modyoule && !controller.is_a?(Regexp)
@@ -1458,7 +1463,20 @@ def match(path, *rest)
           if rest.empty? && Hash === path
             options  = path
             path, to = options.find { |name, _value| name.is_a?(String) }
-            options[:to] = to
+
+            case to
+            when Symbol
+              options[:action] = to
+            when String
+              if to =~ /#/
+                options[:to] = to
+              else
+                options[:controller] = to
+              end
+            else
+              options[:to] = to
+            end
+
             options.delete(path)
             paths = [path]
           else

actionpack/test/dispatch/request/multipart_params_parsing_test.rb

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def teardown
   test "does not raise EOFError on GET request with multipart content-type" do
     with_routing do |set|
       set.draw do
-        get ':action', to: 'multipart_params_parsing_test/test'
+        get ':action', controller: 'multipart_params_parsing_test/test'
       end
       headers = { "CONTENT_TYPE" => "multipart/form-data; boundary=AaB03x" }
       get "/parse", {}, headers
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def parse_multipart(name)
     def with_test_routing
       with_routing do |set|
         set.draw do
-          post ':action', :to => 'multipart_params_parsing_test/test'
+          post ':action', :controller => 'multipart_params_parsing_test/test'
         end
         yield
       end

actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb

@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ def test_global
     draw do
       controller(:global) do
         get 'global/hide_notice'
-        get 'global/export',      :to => :export, :as => :export_request
-        get '/export/:id/:file',  :to => :export, :as => :export_download, :constraints => { :file => /.*/ }
+        get 'global/export',      :action => :export, :as => :export_request
+        get '/export/:id/:file',  :action => :export, :as => :export_download, :constraints => { :file => /.*/ }
         get 'global/:action'
       end
     end
@@ -730,8 +730,8 @@ def test_replies
     draw do
       resources :replies do
         member do
-          put :answer, :to => :mark_as_answer
-          delete :answer, :to => :unmark_as_answer
+          put :answer, :action => :mark_as_answer
+          delete :answer, :action => :unmark_as_answer
         end
       end
     end
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ def test_articles_with_id
       controller :articles do
         scope '/articles', :as => 'article' do
           scope :path => '/:title', :title => /[a-z]+/, :as => :with_title do
-            get '/:id', :to => :with_id, :as => ""
+            get '/:id', :action => :with_id, :as => ""
           end
         end
       end
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ def test_dynamically_generated_helpers_on_collection_do_not_clobber_resources_ur
   def test_scoped_controller_with_namespace_and_action
     draw do
       namespace :account do
-        get ':action/callback', :action => /twitter|github/, :to => "callbacks", :as => :callback
+        get ':action/callback', :action => /twitter|github/, :controller => "callbacks", :as => :callback
       end
     end
 
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ def test_redirect_with_port
   def test_normalize_namespaced_matches
     draw do
       namespace :account do
-        get 'description', :to => :description, :as => "description"
+        get 'description', :action => :description, :as => "description"
       end
     end
 
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@ def test_custom_resource_routes_are_scoped
         end
         resources :invoices do
           get "outstanding" => "invoices#outstanding", :on => :collection
-          get "overdue", :to => :overdue, :on => :collection
+          get "overdue", :action => :overdue, :on => :collection
           get "print" => "invoices#print", :as => :print, :on => :member
           post "preview" => "invoices#preview", :as => :preview, :on => :new
         end
@@ -2996,7 +2996,9 @@ def test_controller_name_with_leading_slash_raise_error
     end
 
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) do
-      draw { controller("/feeds") { get '/feeds/:service', :to => :show } }
+      assert_deprecated do
+        draw { controller("/feeds") { get '/feeds/:service', :to => :show } }
+      end
     end
 
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) do
@@ -3284,20 +3286,24 @@ def test_mix_string_to_action
   end
 
   def test_mix_symbol_to_controller_action
-    draw do
-      get '/projects', controller: 'project_files',
-                       action: 'index',
-                       to: :show
+    assert_deprecated do
+      draw do
+        get '/projects', controller: 'project_files',
+                         action: 'index',
+                         to: :show
+      end
     end
     get '/projects'
     assert_equal 'project_files#show', @response.body
   end
 
-  def test_mix_string_to_controller_action
-    draw do
-      get '/projects', controller: 'project_files',
-                       action: 'index',
-                       to: 'show'
+  def test_mix_string_to_controller_action_no_hash
+    assert_deprecated do
+      draw do
+        get '/projects', controller: 'project_files',
+                         action: 'index',
+                         to: 'show'
+      end
     end
     get '/projects'
     assert_equal 'show#index', @response.body
@@ -3567,16 +3573,18 @@ def draw(&block)
   def test_missing_controller
     ex = assert_raises(ArgumentError) {
       draw do
-        get '/foo/bar', :to => :index
+        get '/foo/bar', :action => :index
       end
     }
     assert_match(/Missing :controller/, ex.message)
   end
 
   def test_missing_action
     ex = assert_raises(ArgumentError) {
-      draw do
-        get '/foo/bar', :to => 'foo'
+      assert_deprecated do
+        draw do
+          get '/foo/bar', :to => 'foo'
+        end
       end
     }
     assert_match(/Missing :action/, ex.message)
@@ -4083,7 +4091,7 @@ def show
       set.draw do
         get "/bar/:id", :to => redirect("/foo/show/%{id}")
         get "/foo/show(/:id)", :to => "test_invalid_urls/foo#show"
-        get "/foo(/:action(/:id))", :to => "test_invalid_urls/foo"
+        get "/foo(/:action(/:id))", :controller => "test_invalid_urls/foo"
         get "/:controller(/:action(/:id))"
       end