[3.0.x] Clarified that SECURE_REDIRECT_EXEMPT patterns should not include leading slashes.

Backport of d232fd76a8 from master
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René Fleschenberg 2019-09-10 17:35:36 +02:00 committed by Mariusz Felisiak
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@ -2316,8 +2316,11 @@ available in ``request.META``.)
Default: ``[]`` (Empty list)
If a URL path matches a regular expression in this list, the request will not be
redirected to HTTPS. If :setting:`SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT` is ``False``, this
setting has no effect.
redirected to HTTPS. The
:class:`~django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware` strips leading slashes
from URL paths, so patterns shouldn't include them, e.g.
``SECURE_REDIRECT_EXEMPT = [r'^no-ssl/$', …]``. If
:setting:`SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT` is ``False``, this setting has no effect.
.. setting:: SECURE_REFERRER_POLICY