Fixed NavLink Issue

[bilalk711]

Original Issue

NavLink active breaks when to contains trailing slash

Steps to Reproduce

Create a NavLink with end omitted or set to false and with to set to a route path which contains sub-routes and ensure a trailing slash at the end.
Visit a sub-route of the path in use.

Expected Behaviour

With end false, when the current location is a sub-route of a mounted NavLink, then it should be active.

Actual Behaviour

NavLink is considered inactive.

This issue is fixed in this PR.

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[timdorr]

Just as an FYI, your commits aren't attributed to your GitHub account because you don't have your Git email address added. If you add bilal@dubicars.com to GitHub, you'll get attribution to those commits and the CLA bot will be happy :)

[bilalk711]

Just as an FYI, your commits aren't attributed to your GitHub account because you don't have your Git email address added. If you add bilal@dubicars.com to GitHub, you'll get attribution to those commits and the CLA bot will be happy :)

Actually the issue was that I changed my username but forgot to add that to contributors.yml

[iamdey]

It's a bit out-of-scope but it would be nice to change the documentation to make it consistent with reality:

https://reactrouter.com/en/main/components/nav-link#end

Without the end prop, this link is always active because every URL matches /.

- <NavLink to="/">Home</NavLink>
+ <NavLink to="/page">Page</NavLink> 

+ Exception for `/` which will be active only when url match path exactly

To match the URL "to the end" of to, use end:

- <NavLink to="/" end>
+ <NavLink to="/page" end>
  Home
</NavLink>





Link | URL | isActive
-- | -- | --
<NavLink to="/tasks" /> | /tasks | true
<NavLink to="/tasks" /> | /tasks/123 | true
+ <NavLink to="/tasks/" /> | /tasks | true
+ <NavLink to="/tasks/" /> | /tasks/ | true
+ <NavLink to="/tasks/" /> | /tasks/123 | true
<NavLink to="/tasks" end /> | /tasks | true
<NavLink to="/tasks" end /> | /tasks/123 | false
+ <NavLink to="/tasks/" end /> | /tasks | false
+ <NavLink to="/tasks/" end /> | /tasks/ | true
+ <NavLink to="/tasks/" end /> | /tasks/123 | false

[bilalk711]

@iamdey can you merge it now if you have write access?

[bilalk711]

Updated the documentation as per new changes.

[bilalk711]

@brophdawg11 Do you have write access or can you mention someone with authority who can merge this PR?

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