rails 4 disallows multiple routes with the same name, i.e. root

[mlt]

Upon cloning (the method on the main page fails), I get the following when attempting to start the server

[mlt@vm myapp (master)]$ rbenv exec rails server
/home/mlt/.rbenv/versions/2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.0.0/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:282: warning: circular argument reference - now
=> Booting Thin
=> Rails 4.0.0 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000
=> Run `rails server -h` for more startup options
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
Exiting
/home/mlt/.rbenv/versions/2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/actionpack-4.0.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:409:in `add_route': Invalid route name, already in use: 'root'  (ArgumentError)
You may have defined two routes with the same name using the `:as` option, or you may be overriding a route already defined by a resource with the same naming. For the latter, you can restrict the routes created with `resources` as explained here:
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#restricting-the-routes-created
        from /home/mlt/.rbenv/versions/2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/actionpack-4.0.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1440:in `add_route'
        from /home/mlt/.rbenv/versions/2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/actionpack-4.0.0/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1417:in `decomposed_match'
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The following workaround did the trick http://stackoverflow.com/a/24267415/673826 .