if hasattr(repo, 'repo_id'):

            repo_obj = rm.get(repo.repo_id, cache=False)

            repo_name = repo_obj.repo_name

        elif  isinstance(repo, basestring):

            repo_name = repo.lstrip('/')

            repo_obj = rm.get_by_repo_name(repo_name, cache=False)

        else:

            raise Exception('You have to provide repository to action logger')

        user_log = UserLog()

        user_log.user_id = user_obj.user_id

        user_log.action = action

        user_log.repository_id = repo_obj.repo_id

        user_log.repository_name = repo_name

        user_log.action_date = datetime.datetime.now()

        user_log.user_ip = ipaddr

        sa.add(user_log)

        sa.commit()

        log.info('Adding user %s, action %s on %s', user_obj, action, repo)

    except:

        log.error(traceback.format_exc())

        sa.rollback()

def get_repos(path, recursive=False):

    """

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

    :param path: path to scann for repositories

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

    """

    from vcs.utils.helpers import get_scm

    from vcs.exceptions import VCSError

    if path.endswith('/'):

        #add ending slash for better results

        path = path[:-1]

    def _get_repos(p):

        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)

            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 check_repo_fast(repo_name, base_path):

    """

    Check given path for existence of directory

    :param repo_name:

    :param base_path:

    :return False: if this directory is present

    """

    if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(base_path, repo_name)):return False

    return True

def check_repo(repo_name, base_path, verify=True):

    repo_path = os.path.join(base_path, repo_name)

    try:

        if not check_repo_fast(repo_name, base_path):

            return False

        r = hg.repository(ui.ui(), repo_path)

        if verify:

            hg.verify(r)

        #here we hnow that repo exists it was verified

        log.info('%s repo is already created', repo_name)

        return False

    except RepoError:

        #it means that there is no valid repo there...

        log.info('%s repo is free for creation', repo_name)

        return True

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