3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
index 56f651d8..767b91d4 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 -export([primary_header_value/2,partition/1,serve_file/3]).
 -export([start_chunked_response/3,send_chunk/2]).
 -export([start_json_response/2, start_json_response/3, end_json_response/1]).
--export([send_response/4,send_method_not_allowed/2,send_error/4]).
+-export([send_response/4,send_method_not_allowed/2,send_error/4, send_redirect/2]).
 -export([send_json/2,send_json/3,send_json/4]).
 -export([default_authentication_handler/1,special_test_authentication_handler/1]).
 
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ send_error(Req, Code, Error, <<>>) ->
 send_error(Req, Code, Error, Msg) ->
     send_json(Req, Code, {[{<<"error">>, Error}, {<<"reason">>, Msg}]}).
     
-
+send_redirect(Req, Path) ->
+    Headers = [{"Location", couch_httpd:absolute_uri(Req, Path)}],
+    send_response(Req, 301, Headers, <<>>).
 
 negotiate_content_type(#httpd{mochi_req=MochiReq}) ->
     %% Determine the appropriate Content-Type header for a JSON response
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl
index 7d744d91..ae925123 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl
@@ -263,9 +263,8 @@ db_req(#httpd{method='GET',mochi_req=MochiReq, path_parts=[DbName,<<"_design/",_
     PathFront = "/" ++ couch_httpd:quote(binary_to_list(DbName)) ++ "/",
     RawSplit = regexp:split(MochiReq:get(raw_path),"_design%2F"),
     {ok, [PathFront|PathTail]} = RawSplit,
-    RedirectTo = couch_httpd:absolute_uri(Req, PathFront ++ "_design/" ++ 
-        mochiweb_util:join(PathTail, "%2F")),
-    couch_httpd:send_response(Req, 301, [{"Location", RedirectTo}], <<>>);
+    couch_httpd:send_redirect(Req, PathFront ++ "_design/" ++ 
+        mochiweb_util:join(PathTail, "_design%2F"));
 
 db_req(#httpd{path_parts=[_DbName,<<"_design">>,Name]}=Req, Db) ->
     db_doc_req(Req, Db, <<"_design/",Name/binary>>);
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
index 2ba8ef64..71a0e9ae 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_misc_handlers.erl
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ handle_utils_dir_req(#httpd{method='GET'}=Req, DocumentRoot) ->
         couch_httpd:serve_file(Req, RelativePath, DocumentRoot);
     {_ActionKey, "", _RelativePath} ->
         % GET /_utils
-        Headers = [{"Location", couch_httpd:absolute_uri(Req, "/_utils/")}],
-        couch_httpd:send_response(Req, 301, Headers, <<>>)
+        couch_httpd:send_redirect(Req, "/_utils/")
     end;
 handle_utils_dir_req(Req, _) ->
     send_method_not_allowed(Req, "GET,HEAD").