: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)