How is this module different from Path Redirect?

Perhaps the two should be merged.

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nicholasthompson
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As far as I'm aware, Path Redirect is used for redirecting a URL from A to B.

The intention/purpose of Global Redirect is not to send someone from A to B but to force Drupal to use an Alias, if one exists.

If I'm correct - both modules have different goals but achieve them doing basically the same thing.

Does your module automatically pickup URL Aliases if they exist?

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jjeff commented

Ahh! Okay... thanks for the clarification. I understand the difference now.

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nicholasthompson
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Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

It might make sense for Drupal 5.0 to have a module to do both of these in one module, although its equally nice to have two lightweight and targetted modules like ours. Eg, we dont want a redirect module on our site (YET), but we do need alias redirecting. If you're not using the path.module then you dont need alias redirecting - but you might want 301 redirecting as you have in your module.