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[3.11] gh-100474: Fix handling of dirs named index.html in http.server (GH-100475)#100505

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merwok merged 1 commit intopython:3.11frommiss-islington:backport-46e6a28-3.11

Dec 24, 2022

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[3.11] gh-100474: Fix handling of dirs named index.html in http.server (GH-100475)#100505

merwok merged 1 commit intopython:3.11frommiss-islington:backport-46e6a28-3.11

Dec 24, 2022

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miss-islington commentedDec 24, 2022•
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If you had a directory called index.html or index.htm within a directory, it would cause http.server
to return a 404 Not Found error instead of the directory listing. This came about due to not checking
that the index was a regular file.

(cherry picked from commit46e6a28)

Co-authored-by: James Frostgit@frost.cx

Issue:http.server directories named index.html break directory listings #100474

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…pythonGH-100475)If you had a directory called index.html or index.htm within a directory, it would cause http.server to return a 404 Not Found error instead of the directory listing. This came about due to not checking that the index was a regular file.I have also added a test case for this situation.(cherry picked from commit46e6a28)Co-authored-by: James Frost <git@frost.cx>Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:merwok

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http.server directories named index.html break directory listings#100474

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