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Composing <Route> in React Router v6

Composition of <Route> elements in React Router is changing in v6 from how it worked in v4/5 and in Reach Router. React Router v6 is the successor of both React Router v5 and Reach Router.

This document explains our rationale for making the change as well as a pattern you will want to avoid in v6 and a note on how you can start preparing your v5 app for v6 today.

Background

In React Router v5, we had an example of how you could create a element](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/blob/320be7afe44249d5c025659bc00c3276a19f0af9/packages/react-router-dom/examples/Auth.js#L50-L52) to restrict access to certain routes on the page. This element was a simple [wrapper around an actual element that made a simple decision: is the user authenticated or not? If so, ren

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Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. Clean code can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility and maintainability.

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General rules

1. Follow standard conventions.
2. Keep it simple stupid. Simpler is always better. Reduce complexity as much as possible.
3. Boy scout rule. Leave the campground cleaner than you found it.
4. Always find root cause. Always look for the root cause of a problem.

Design rules