Ensure strings given to render with slash are rendered relative to the configured _prefix.

actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb

@@ -98,18 +98,9 @@ module AbstractController
       _view_paths
     end
 
-    # Normalize options, by converting render "foo" to render :template => "foo"
-    # and render "/foo" to render :file => "/foo".
-    def _normalize_options(action=nil, options={})
-      case action
-      when Hash
-        options, action = action, nil
-      when String
-        key = (action.index("/") == 0 ? :file : :template)
-        options.merge!(key => action)
-      end
-
-      options
+    # The prefix used in render "foo" shortcuts.
+    def _prefix
+      controller_path
     end
 
     # Return a string representation of a Rack-compatible response body.
@@ -126,6 +117,28 @@ module AbstractController
 
   private
 
+    # Normalize options, by converting render "foo" to render :template => "prefix/foo"
+    # and render "/foo" to render :file => "/foo".
+    def _normalize_options(action=nil, options={})
+      case action
+      when Hash
+        options, action = action, nil
+      when String, Symbol
+        action = action.to_s
+        case action.index("/")
+        when NilClass
+          options[:_prefix] = _prefix
+          options[:_template_name] = action
+        when 0
+          options[:file] = action
+        else
+          options[:template] = action
+        end
+      end
+
+      options
+    end
+
     # Take in a set of options and determine the template to render
     #
     # ==== Options

actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb

@@ -81,28 +81,5 @@ module ActionController
       filter << block if block
       filter
     end
-
-    def _normalize_options(action=nil, options={}, &blk)
-      case action
-      when NilClass
-      when Hash, String
-        options = super
-      when Symbol
-        options.merge! :action => action
-      else
-        options.merge! :partial => action
-      end
-
-      if options.key?(:action) && options[:action].to_s.index("/")
-        options[:template] = options.delete(:action)
-      end
-
-      if options[:status]
-        options[:status] = Rack::Utils.status_code(options[:status])
-      end
-
-      options[:update] = blk if block_given?
-      options
-    end
   end
 end

actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb

@@ -25,18 +25,6 @@ module ActionController
     end
 
     private
-      def _prefix
-        controller_path
-      end
-
-      def _determine_template(options)
-        if (options.keys & [:partial, :file, :template, :text, :inline]).empty?
-          options[:_template_name] ||= options[:action]
-          options[:_prefix] = _prefix
-        end
-
-        super
-      end
 
       def _render_partial(options)
         options[:partial] = action_name if options[:partial] == true
@@ -54,5 +42,29 @@ module ActionController
         self.content_type = content_type if content_type
         self.headers["Location"] = url_for(location) if location
       end
+
+      def _normalize_options(action=nil, options={}, &blk)
+        case action
+        when NilClass
+        when Hash
+          options = super(action.delete(:action), action)
+        when String, Symbol
+          options = super
+        else
+          options.merge! :partial => action
+        end
+
+        if (options.keys & [:partial, :file, :template, :text, :inline]).empty?
+          options[:_template_name] ||= options[:action]
+          options[:_prefix] = _prefix
+        end
+
+        if options[:status]
+          options[:status] = Rack::Utils.status_code(options[:status])
+        end
+
+        options[:update] = blk if block_given?
+        options
+      end
   end
 end

actionpack/test/abstract/render_test.rb

@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@ module AbstractController
     class ControllerRenderer < AbstractController::Base
       include AbstractController::Rendering
 
+      def _prefix
+        "renderer"
+      end
+
       self.view_paths = [ActionView::FixtureResolver.new(
         "default.erb" => "With Default",
         "template.erb" => "With Template",
+        "renderer/string.erb" => "With String",
+        "renderer/symbol.erb" => "With Symbol",
+        "string/with_path.erb" => "With String With Path",
         "some/file.erb" => "With File",
         "template_name.erb" => "With Template Name"
       )]
@@ -33,8 +40,16 @@ module AbstractController
         render
       end
 
-      def shortcut
-        render "template"
+      def string
+        render "string"
+      end
+
+      def string_with_path
+        render "string/with_path"
+      end
+
+      def symbol
+        render :symbol
       end
 
       def template_name
@@ -77,9 +92,19 @@ module AbstractController
         assert_equal "With Default", @controller.response_body
       end
 
-      def test_render_template_through_shortcut
-        @controller.process(:shortcut)
-        assert_equal "With Template", @controller.response_body
+      def test_render_string
+        @controller.process(:string)
+        assert_equal "With String", @controller.response_body
+      end
+
+      def test_render_symbol
+        @controller.process(:symbol)
+        assert_equal "With Symbol", @controller.response_body
+      end
+
+      def test_render_string_with_path
+        @controller.process(:string_with_path)
+        assert_equal "With String With Path", @controller.response_body
       end
 
       def test_render_template_name