From f2d00f2ad9a8b424ed93102e9988f6c3158e8b48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Yesmunt <sean@lbry.io>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:36:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Revert "remove unnecessary redirect in server""

This reverts commit 63d8f1731ea5322afdf992373b62d5efbbd576c2.
---
 web/middleware/redirect.js | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/middleware/redirect.js b/web/middleware/redirect.js
index b170392ef..c7e130c8f 100644
--- a/web/middleware/redirect.js
+++ b/web/middleware/redirect.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ async function redirectMiddleware(ctx, next) {
   const requestHost = ctx.host;
   const path = ctx.path;
   const url = ctx.url;
+
   // Getting err: too many redirects on some urls because of this
   // Need a better solution
   // const decodedUrl = decodeURIComponent(url);
@@ -14,11 +15,6 @@ async function redirectMiddleware(ctx, next) {
   //   return;
   // }
 
-  if (path.endsWith('/') && path.length > 1) {
-    ctx.redirect(url.replace(/\/$/, ''));
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (!path.startsWith('/$/') && path.match(/^([^@/:]+)\/([^:/]+)$/)) {
     ctx.redirect(url.replace(/^([^@/:]+)\/([^:/]+)(:(\/.*))/, '$1:$2')); // test against path, but use ctx.url to retain parameters
     return;