'continue with read only mode ? [y/n]' % (path,)):

                log.error('Canceled by user')

                sys.exit(-1)

        if retries == 0:

            sys.exit('max retries reached')

        if not path_ok:

            if _path is not None:

                sys.exit('Invalid repo path: %s' % _path)

            retries -= 1

            return self.prompt_repo_root_path(test_repo_path, retries) # recursing!!!

        real_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.realpath(path))

        if real_path != os.path.normpath(path):

            log.warning('Using normalized path %s instead of %s', real_path, path)

        return real_path

    def create_settings(self, repo_root_path):

        ui_config = [

            ('paths', '/', repo_root_path, True),

            #('phases', 'publish', 'false', False)

            ('hooks', db.Ui.HOOK_UPDATE, 'hg update >&2', False),

            ('extensions', 'largefiles', '', True),

            ('largefiles', 'usercache', os.path.join(repo_root_path, '.cache', 'largefiles'), True),

            ('extensions', 'hggit', '', False),

        ]

        for ui_section, ui_key, ui_value, ui_active in ui_config:

            ui_conf = db.Ui(

                ui_section=ui_section,

                ui_key=ui_key,

                ui_value=ui_value,

                ui_active=ui_active)

            self.sa.add(ui_conf)

        settings = [

            ('realm', 'Kallithea', 'unicode'),

            ('title', '', 'unicode'),

            ('ga_code', '', 'unicode'),

            ('show_public_icon', True, 'bool'),

            ('show_private_icon', True, 'bool'),

            ('stylify_metalabels', False, 'bool'),

            ('dashboard_items', 100, 'int'), # TODO: call it page_size

            ('admin_grid_items', 25, 'int'),

            ('show_version', True, 'bool'),

            ('use_gravatar', True, 'bool'),

            ('gravatar_url', db.User.DEFAULT_GRAVATAR_URL, 'unicode'),

    baseui = mercurial.ui.ui()

    # clean the baseui object

    baseui._ocfg = mercurial.config.config()

    baseui._ucfg = mercurial.config.config()

    baseui._tcfg = mercurial.config.config()

    sa = meta.Session()

    for ui_ in sa.query(db.Ui).order_by(db.Ui.ui_section, db.Ui.ui_key):

        if ui_.ui_active:

            log.debug('config from db: [%s] %s=%r', ui_.ui_section,

                      ui_.ui_key, ui_.ui_value)

            baseui.setconfig(ascii_bytes(ui_.ui_section), ascii_bytes(ui_.ui_key),

                             b'' if ui_.ui_value is None else safe_bytes(ui_.ui_value))

    # force set push_ssl requirement to False, Kallithea handles that

    baseui.setconfig(b'web', b'push_ssl', False)

    baseui.setconfig(b'web', b'allow_push', b'*')

    # prevent interactive questions for ssh password / passphrase

    ssh = baseui.config(b'ui', b'ssh', default=b'ssh')

    baseui.setconfig(b'ui', b'ssh', b'%s -oBatchMode=yes -oIdentitiesOnly=yes' % ssh)

    # push / pull hooks

    baseui.setconfig(b'hooks', b'changegroup.kallithea_log_push_action', b'python:kallithea.lib.hooks.log_push_action')

    baseui.setconfig(b'hooks', b'outgoing.kallithea_log_pull_action', b'python:kallithea.lib.hooks.log_pull_action')

    if repo_path is not None:

        # Note: MercurialRepository / mercurial.localrepo.instance will do this too, so it will always be possible to override db settings or what is hardcoded above

        baseui.readconfig(repo_path)

    assert baseui.plain()  # set by hgcompat.monkey_do (invoked from import of vcs.backends.hg) to minimize potential impact of loading config files

    return baseui

def set_app_settings(config):

    """

    Updates app config with new settings from database

    :param config:

    """

    settings = db.Setting.get_app_settings()

    for k, v in settings.items():

        config[k] = v

    config['base_path'] = db.Ui.get_repos_location()

def set_vcs_config(config):

    """

    Patch VCS config with some Kallithea specific stuff