Flaw in .htaccess causes "too many redirects" error

.htaccess contains a rule that will, on a fresh install and if Apache is configured to allow rewrite directives, cause an infinite redirect loop when the user attempts to browse to an existing directory within the public folder, such as www.example.com/fonts .

Browsers vary in how they report this kind of misconfiguration, but typical error messages include:

• ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS
• This page isn’t working <domain> redirected you too many times
• The page isn't redirecting properly
• Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.