:param user: user that made this action, can be a unique username string or

        object containing user_id attribute

    :param action: action to log, should be on of predefined unique actions for

        easy translations

    :param repo: string name of repository or object containing repo_id,

        that action was made on

    :param ipaddr: optional ip address from what the action was made

    :param sa: optional sqlalchemy session

    """

    if not sa:

        sa = meta.Session()

    try:

        if hasattr(user, 'user_id'):

            user_obj = user

        elif isinstance(user, basestring):

            user_obj = User.get_by_username(user)

        else:

            raise Exception('You have to provide a user object or a username')

        if hasattr(repo, 'repo_id'):

            repo_obj = Repository.get(repo.repo_id)

            repo_name = repo_obj.repo_name

        elif  isinstance(repo, basestring):

            repo_name = repo.lstrip('/')

            repo_obj = Repository.get_by_repo_name(repo_name)

        else:

            repo_obj = None

            repo_name = ''

        user_log = UserLog()

        user_log.user_id = user_obj.user_id

        user_log.action = safe_unicode(action)

        user_log.repository = repo_obj

        user_log.repository_name = repo_name

        user_log.action_date = datetime.datetime.now()

        user_log.user_ip = ipaddr

        sa.add(user_log)

        log.info(

            'Adding user %s, action %s on %s' % (user_obj, action,

                                                 safe_unicode(repo))

        )

        if commit:

            sa.commit()

    except:

        log.error(traceback.format_exc())

        raise

def get_repos(path, recursive=False):

    """

    Scans given path for repos and return (name,(type,path)) tuple

    :param path: path to scan for repositories

    :param recursive: recursive search and return names with subdirs in front

    """

    # remove ending slash for better results

    path = path.rstrip(os.sep)

    def _get_repos(p):

        if not os.access(p, os.W_OK):

            return

        for dirpath in os.listdir(p):

            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(p, dirpath)):

                continue

            cur_path = os.path.join(p, dirpath)

            try:

                scm_info = get_scm(cur_path)

                yield scm_info[1].split(path, 1)[-1].lstrip(os.sep), scm_info

            except VCSError:

                if not recursive:

                    continue

                #check if this dir containts other repos for recursive scan

                rec_path = os.path.join(p, dirpath)

                if os.path.isdir(rec_path):

                    for inner_scm in _get_repos(rec_path):

                        yield inner_scm

    return _get_repos(path)

def is_valid_repo(repo_name, base_path, scm=None):

    """

    Returns True if given path is a valid repository False otherwise.

    If scm param is given also compare if given scm is the same as expected

    from scm parameter

    :param repo_name:

    :param base_path:

    :param scm:

    :return True: if given path is a valid repository

    """

    full_path = os.path.join(safe_str(base_path), safe_str(repo_name))

    try:

        scm_ = get_scm(full_path)

        if scm:

            return scm_[0] == scm

        return True

    except VCSError:

        return False

def is_valid_repos_group(repos_group_name, base_path):

    """

    Returns True if given path is a repos group False otherwise

    :param repo_name:

    :param base_path:

    """

    full_path = os.path.join(safe_str(base_path), safe_str(repos_group_name))

    # check if it's not a repo

    if is_valid_repo(repos_group_name, base_path):

        return False

    try:

        # we need to check bare git repos at higher level

        # since we might match branches/hooks/info/objects or possible

        # other things inside bare git repo

        get_scm(os.path.dirname(full_path))

        return False

    except VCSError:

        pass

    # check if it's a valid path

    if os.path.isdir(full_path):

        return True

    return False

def ask_ok(prompt, retries=4, complaint='Yes or no please!'):

    while True:

        ok = raw_input(prompt)

        if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'):

            return True

        if ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'):

            return False

        retries = retries - 1

        if retries < 0:

            raise IOError

        print complaint

#propagated from mercurial documentation

ui_sections = ['alias', 'auth',

                'decode/encode', 'defaults',

                'diff', 'email',

                'extensions', 'format',

                'merge-patterns', 'merge-tools',

                'hooks', 'http_proxy',

                'smtp', 'patch',

                'paths', 'profiling',

                'server', 'trusted',

                'ui', 'web', ]

def make_ui(read_from='file', path=None, checkpaths=True, clear_session=True):

    """

    A function that will read python rc files or database

    and make an mercurial ui object from read options

    :param path: path to mercurial config file

    :param checkpaths: check the path

    :param read_from: read from 'file' or 'db'

    """

    baseui = ui.ui()

    # clean the baseui object

    baseui._ocfg = config.config()

    baseui._ucfg = config.config()

    baseui._tcfg = config.config()

    if read_from == 'file':

        if not os.path.isfile(path):

            log.debug('hgrc file is not present at %s, skipping...' % path)

            return False

        log.debug('reading hgrc from %s' % path)

        cfg = config.config()

        cfg.read(path)

        for section in ui_sections:

            for k, v in cfg.items(section):

                log.debug('settings ui from file[%s]%s:%s' % (section, k, v))

    elif read_from == 'db':

        sa = meta.Session()

        ret = sa.query(RhodeCodeUi)\

            .options(FromCache("sql_cache_short", "get_hg_ui_settings"))\

            .all()

        hg_ui = ret

        for ui_ in hg_ui:

            if ui_.ui_active:

                log.debug('settings ui from db[%s]%s:%s', ui_.ui_section,

                          ui_.ui_key, ui_.ui_value)

            if ui_.ui_key == 'push_ssl':

                # force set push_ssl requirement to False, rhodecode

                # handles that

        if clear_session:

            meta.Session.remove()

    return baseui

def set_rhodecode_config(config):

    """

    Updates pylons config with new settings from database

    :param config:

    """

    hgsettings = RhodeCodeSetting.get_app_settings()

    for k, v in hgsettings.items():

        config[k] = v

def invalidate_cache(cache_key, *args):

    """

    Puts cache invalidation task into db for

    further global cache invalidation

    """

    from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel

    if cache_key.startswith('get_repo_cached_'):

        name = cache_key.split('get_repo_cached_')[-1]

        ScmModel().mark_for_invalidation(name)

def map_groups(path):

    """

    Given a full path to a repository, create all nested groups that this

    repo is inside. This function creates parent-child relationships between

    groups and creates default perms for all new groups.

    :param paths: full path to repository

    """

    sa = meta.Session()

    groups = path.split(Repository.url_sep())

    parent = None

    group = None

    # last element is repo in nested groups structure

    groups = groups[:-1]

    rgm = ReposGroupModel(sa)

    for lvl, group_name in enumerate(groups):

        group_name = '/'.join(groups[:lvl] + [group_name])

        group = RepoGroup.get_by_group_name(group_name)

        desc = '%s group' % group_name

        # skip folders that are now removed repos

        if REMOVED_REPO_PAT.match(group_name):

            break

        if group is None:

            log.debug('creating group level: %s group_name: %s' % (lvl,

                                                                   group_name))

            group = RepoGroup(group_name, parent)

            group.group_description = desc

            sa.add(group)

            rgm._create_default_perms(group)

            sa.flush()

        parent = group

    return group

def repo2db_mapper(initial_repo_list, remove_obsolete=False,

                   install_git_hook=False):

    """

    maps all repos given in initial_repo_list, non existing repositories

    are created, if remove_obsolete is True it also check for db entries

    that are not in initial_repo_list and removes them.

    :param initial_repo_list: list of repositories found by scanning methods

    :param remove_obsolete: check for obsolete entries in database

    :param install_git_hook: if this is True, also check and install githook

        for a repo if missing

    """

    from rhodecode.model.repo import RepoModel

    from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel

    sa = meta.Session()

    rm = RepoModel()

    user = sa.query(User).filter(User.admin == True).first()

    if user is None:

        raise Exception('Missing administrative account!')

    added = []

#    # clear cache keys

#    log.debug("Clearing cache keys now...")

#    CacheInvalidation.clear_cache()

#    sa.commit()

    for name, repo in initial_repo_list.items():

        group = map_groups(name)

        db_repo = rm.get_by_repo_name(name)

        # found repo that is on filesystem not in RhodeCode database

        if not db_repo:

            log.info('repository %s not found, creating now' % name)

            added.append(name)

            desc = (repo.description

                    if repo.description != 'unknown'

                    else '%s repository' % name)

            new_repo = rm.create_repo(

                repo_name=name,

                repo_type=repo.alias,

                description=desc,

                repos_group=getattr(group, 'group_id', None),

                owner=user,

                just_db=True

            )

            # we added that repo just now, and make sure it has githook

            # installed

            if new_repo.repo_type == 'git':

                ScmModel().install_git_hook(new_repo.scm_instance)

        elif install_git_hook:

            if db_repo.repo_type == 'git':

                ScmModel().install_git_hook(db_repo.scm_instance)

        # during starting install all cache keys for all repositories in the

        # system, this will register all repos and multiple instances

        key, _prefix, _org_key = CacheInvalidation._get_key(name)

        log.debug("Creating a cache key for %s instance_id:`%s`" % (name, _prefix))

        CacheInvalidation._get_or_create_key(key, _prefix, _org_key, commit=False)

    sa.commit()

    removed = []

    if remove_obsolete:

        # remove from database those repositories that are not in the filesystem

        for repo in sa.query(Repository).all():

            if repo.repo_name not in initial_repo_list.keys():

                log.debug("Removing non-existing repository found in db `%s`" %

                          repo.repo_name)

                try:

                    sa.delete(repo)

                    sa.commit()

                    removed.append(repo.repo_name)

                except:

                    #don't hold further removals on error

                    log.error(traceback.format_exc())

                    sa.rollback()

    return added, removed

# set cache regions for beaker so celery can utilise it

def add_cache(settings):

    cache_settings = {'regions': None}

    for key in settings.keys():

        for prefix in ['beaker.cache.', 'cache.']:

            if key.startswith(prefix):

                name = key.split(prefix)[1].strip()

                cache_settings[name] = settings[key].strip()

    if cache_settings['regions']:

        for region in cache_settings['regions'].split(','):

            region = region.strip()

            region_settings = {}

            for key, value in cache_settings.items():

                if key.startswith(region):

                    region_settings[key.split('.')[1]] = value

            region_settings['expire'] = int(region_settings.get('expire',

                                                                60))

            region_settings.setdefault('lock_dir',

                                       cache_settings.get('lock_dir'))

            region_settings.setdefault('data_dir',

                                       cache_settings.get('data_dir'))

            if 'type' not in region_settings:

                region_settings['type'] = cache_settings.get('type',

                                                             'memory')

            beaker.cache.cache_regions[region] = region_settings

def load_rcextensions(root_path):

    import rhodecode

    from rhodecode.config import conf

    path = os.path.join(root_path, 'rcextensions', '__init__.py')

    if os.path.isfile(path):

        rcext = create_module('rc', path)

        EXT = rhodecode.EXTENSIONS = rcext

        log.debug('Found rcextensions now loading %s...' % rcext)

        # Additional mappings that are not present in the pygments lexers

        conf.LANGUAGES_EXTENSIONS_MAP.update(getattr(EXT, 'EXTRA_MAPPINGS', {}))

        #OVERRIDE OUR EXTENSIONS FROM RC-EXTENSIONS (if present)

        if getattr(EXT, 'INDEX_EXTENSIONS', []) != []:

            log.debug('settings custom INDEX_EXTENSIONS')

            conf.INDEX_EXTENSIONS = getattr(EXT, 'INDEX_EXTENSIONS', [])

        #ADDITIONAL MAPPINGS

        log.debug('adding extra into INDEX_EXTENSIONS')