.htaccess redirect loop - root URL duplicate

Question

I'm trying to achieve the following with .htaccess:

• domain.tld/ displays the content originally at domain.tld/home/
• if you visit domain.tld/home/, you are redirected to domain.tld/ (to avoid duplicate content)

I tried the following, but it resulted in an infinite loop:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ /home/ [L]
RedirectMatch 301 ^/home/$ /

Any ideas? Thank you.

Answer 1

Found the solution:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \ /+home/([^\?\ ]*)
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^$ /home/ [L]

Based on: How to avoid duplicate content mapping urls with htaccess