How to delete a view named ".."

Question

I created a new view in Cloudbees and, while configuring it, wanted it to remain somewhat unnoticed by the rest of my team. I renamed the view to "..", just because it was the first thing that came to mind.

Now I can't delete the group, because the use of ".." is interpreted as directory traversal.

I cannot navigate to the view by clicking the tab, since "https://{account}.ci.cloudbees.com/view/../" is the "https://{account}.ci.cloudbees.com/".
- I can navigate to this view, but only by setting this as the default view inside "Manage Jenkins".
By the same URL pattern issues, I also cannot write a URL appropriate for deleting this view.

In general, don't name things `.` or `..`, as I'm sure you have just learned. — Matt Ball, Jan 21 '13 at 19:24
That's a smart thing to remember. I sometimes forget that software is only as smart as its developers. — Jeff Fairley, Jan 21 '13 at 19:26

Jitesh Sojitra · Answer 1 · 2021-05-28T15:33:35.883

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Please specify Jenkins server, port and view name to delete custom view:

http://<jenkins-server>:<port>/view/<view name>/delete

Jenkins is problematic in this particular functionality.

edited May 28 '21 at 15:33

answered Sep 20 '16 at 19:45

Jitesh Sojitra

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score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '13 at 19:23

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Just as I was finishing this question, I had another idea which was successful. I found by accident that "https://{account}.ci.cloudbees.com/view/../delete" will delete the default view. Another test confirmed that "https://{account}.ci.cloudbees.com/delete" deletes the default view.

In "Manage Jenkins", set ".." as the default view.
Enter "https://{account}.ci.cloudbees.com/delete" into the URL bar.
Go back to "Manage Jenkins" to set a new default view.

answered Jan 21 '13 at 19:23

Jeff Fairley

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Sounds like a bug in Jenkins that it let you create a view with this name to begin with. File in https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS if you have a moment. – Jesse Glick Jan 21 '13 at 20:26
an update: [JENKINS-16608](https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-16608) has been marked as fixed. – Jeff Fairley Mar 25 '13 at 20:17
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This just saved me. I was making a new view, and on the second page of creating it, I clicked on the main jenkins link. This committed an unconfigured view, crashing jenkins. I hand-typed http://jenkins/views/my dumb view name/delete and it purged the faulty view, and thus also the crashing java code for the main index. – mike Dec 17 '14 at 20:44

How to delete a view named ".."

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