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-# IndexRoute
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+# IndexRoute
+
+Index Routes allow you to provide a default "child" to a parent
+route when visitor is at the url of the parent, they provide convention
+for `<IndexLink/>` to work.
+
+Please see the [Index Routes guide](../basics/IndexRoutes.md)
+
+### Props
+
+All the same props as [Route](./Route.md) except for `path`.
+
+
+
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+# Index Route and Index Links
+
+## Index Routes
+
+To illustrate the use case for `IndexRoute`, imagine the following route
+config without it:
+
+```js
+<Router>
+  <Route path="/" component={App}>
+    <Route path="accounts" component={Accounts}/>
+    <Route path="statements" component={Statements}/>
+  </Route>
+</Router>
+```
+
+When the user visits `/`, the App component is rendered, but none of the
+children are, so `this.props.children` inside of `App` will be undefined.
+To render some default UI you could easily do `{this.props.children ||
+<Home/>}`.
+
+But now `Home` can't participate in routing, like the `onEnter` hooks,
+etc. You render in the same position as `Accounts` and `Statements`, so
+the router allows you have `Home` be a first class route component with
+`IndexRoute`.
+
+```js
+<Router>
+  <Route path="/" component={App}>
+    <IndexRoute component={Home}/>
+    <Route path="accounts" component={Accounts}/>
+    <Route path="statements" component={Statements}/>
+  </Route>
+</Router>
+```
+
+Now `App` can render `{this.props.children}` and we have a first-class
+route for `Home` that can participate in routing.
+
+## Index Links
+
+If you were to `<Link to="/">Home</Link>` in this app, it would always
+be active since every url starts with `/`. This is a problem because
+we'd like to link to `Home` but only be active if `Home` is rendered.
+
+To have a link to `/` that is only active when the `Home` route is
+rendered, use `<IndexLink to="/">Home</IndexLink>`.
+