Add html_as_default_extension option to ServeDir
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This mirrors the common behaviour of file servers
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Motivation
It's common for file servers to add an
.htmlfile extension to the requested path if no file extension is provided, to allow for more concise & human-readable links, e.g. for a request of/dashboard, return/dashboard.htmlSolution
Add a
html_as_default_extensionoption to theServeDirservice, which will betrueby default, to be in tune withappend_index_html_on_directories