Hudson does a very tricky redirection for Views. Shouldn't apply to the rest of ItemGroups

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

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ import org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.ReactorListener;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.reactor.TaskGraphBuilder.Handle;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.Ancestor;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.HttpRedirect;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.HttpResponse;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.HttpResponses;
@@ -550,6 +551,24 @@ public final class Hudson extends Node implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Stapl
         protected File getRootDirFor(String name) {
             return Hudson.this.getRootDirFor(name);
         }
+
+        /**
+         *send the browser to the config page
+         * use View to trim view/{default-view} from URL if possible
+         */
+        @Override
+        protected String redirectAfterCreateItem(StaplerRequest req, TopLevelItem result) throws IOException {
+            String redirect = result.getUrl()+"configure";
+            List<Ancestor> ancestors = req.getAncestors();
+            for (int i = ancestors.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                Object o = ancestors.get(i).getObject();
+                if (o instanceof View) {
+                    redirect = req.getContextPath() + '/' + ((View)o).getUrl() + redirect;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            return redirect;
+        }
     };
 
     @CLIResolver

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

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ public abstract class ItemGroupMixIn {
 
     /**
      * Creates a {@link TopLevelItem} from the submission of the '/lib/hudson/newFromList/formList'
+     * or throws an exception if it fails.
      */
     public synchronized TopLevelItem createTopLevelItem( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException, ServletException {
         acl.checkPermission(Job.CREATE);
@@ -150,9 +151,8 @@ public abstract class ItemGroupMixIn {
                 else
                     throw new Failure("No such job: "+from);
             }
-            if (!(src instanceof TopLevelItem)) {
+            if (!(src instanceof TopLevelItem))
                 throw new Failure(from+" cannot be copied");
-            }
 
             result = copy((TopLevelItem) src,name);
         } else {
@@ -169,21 +169,17 @@ public abstract class ItemGroupMixIn {
             }
         }
 
-        // send the browser to the config page
-        // use View to trim view/{default-view} from URL if possible
-        String redirect = result.getUrl()+"configure";
-        List<Ancestor> ancestors = req.getAncestors();
-        for (int i = ancestors.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            Object o = ancestors.get(i).getObject();
-            if (o instanceof View) {
-                redirect = req.getContextPath() + '/' + ((View)o).getUrl() + redirect;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        rsp.sendRedirect2(redirect);
+        rsp.sendRedirect2(redirectAfterCreateItem(req, result)+"configure");
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Computes the redirection target URL for the newly created {@link TopLevelItem}.
+     */
+    protected String redirectAfterCreateItem(StaplerRequest req, TopLevelItem result) throws IOException {
+        return req.getContextPath()+'/'+result.getUrl()+"configure";
+    }
+
     /**
      * Copies an existing {@link TopLevelItem} to a new name.
      *