[JENKINS-60344] The folder unable to interpret a forward slash in the name

In GitLab there are multiple hierarchies of folders for project due the concept of sub groups. For accessing a project the full path is required to be submitted. This causes url encoding issues as shown in the screenshot. If the entire path to the project is made into individual folders it would be not a good choice in terms of user experience. Could we add some methods to the folder plugin to automatically skip folders which contains a single folder and nothing else as is done by GitHub.

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Originally reported by baymac, imported from: The folder unable to interpret a forward slash in the name

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): cloudbees-folder-plugin, gitlab-branch-source-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 20251211-141027
  

In GitLab there are multiple hierarchies of folders for project due the concept of sub groups. For accessing a project the full path is required to be submitted. This causes url encoding issues as shown in the screenshot. If the entire path to the project is made into individual folders it would be not a good choice in terms of user experience. Could we add some methods to the folder plugin to automatically skip folders which contains a single folder and nothing else as is done by GitHub.

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