Hi everyone,
I know this is old post and you have also post right thing about redirection to https.
I just want to add that you can also redirect from http to https from cpanel:
- Login to cpanel
- Under domain section click on "Force HTTPS Redirect"
- From this you can redirect your website from http to https without adding code in .htaccess file.
According to me this is the easiest way for the https redirection.