Suggestion to have a redirect defined in a state

[rajivramv]

I have seen suggestions for redirect using .when()
but is it possible to define a redirect url/state in the $stateProvider.state definition itself.
In my application, it is semantically appropriate that I navigate to parent state rather than parent.child. Also, if it is handled there then $state.go ('^') from parent.child should go to the grandparent state, if any. I have several such states in my application and I feel it's cleaner to have a feature than use .when ()

ps. Apologies for the spam

[nateabele]

This is being discussed in #1584 and #27. Please direct your comments there. Thanks.