[JENKINS-22142] Noting merge of #1179.

changelog.html

@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 <!-- Record your changes in the trunk here. -->
 <div id="trunk" style="display:none"><!--=TRUNK-BEGIN=-->
 <ul class=image>
+  <li class=bug>
+    Fixed NPE from view new job name autocompletion since 1.553.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-22142">issue 22142</a>)
   <li class=rfe>
     JNLP slaves are now handled through NIO-based remoting channels for better scalability.
 </ul>

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewDescriptor.java

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ package hudson.model;
 import hudson.views.ListViewColumn;
 import hudson.views.ListViewColumnDescriptor;
 import hudson.views.ViewJobFilter;
-import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.DoNotUse;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.QueryParameter;
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ public abstract class ViewDescriptor extends Descriptor<View> {
 
     /**
      * Auto-completion for the "copy from" field in the new job page.
-     * @since 1.553
      */
     @Restricted(DoNotUse.class)
     public AutoCompletionCandidates doAutoCompleteCopyNewItemFrom(@QueryParameter final String value, @AncestorInPath ItemGroup container) {