return is_valid_repo(repo_name, cls.base_path())

    def get_api_data(self):

        """

        Common function for generating repo api data

        """

        repo = self

        data = dict(

            repo_id=repo.repo_id,

            repo_name=repo.repo_name,

            repo_type=repo.repo_type,

            clone_uri=repo.clone_uri,

            private=repo.private,

            created_on=repo.created_on,

            description=repo.description,

            landing_rev=repo.landing_rev,

            owner=repo.user.username,

            fork_of=repo.fork.repo_name if repo.fork else None,

            enable_statistics=repo.enable_statistics,

            enable_locking=repo.enable_locking,

            enable_downloads=repo.enable_downloads,

            last_changeset=repo.changeset_cache

        )

        return data

    @classmethod

    def lock(cls, repo, user_id):

        repo.locked = [user_id, time.time()]

        Session().add(repo)

        Session().commit()

    @classmethod

    def unlock(cls, repo):

        repo.locked = None

        Session().add(repo)

        Session().commit()

    @property

    def last_db_change(self):

        return self.updated_on

    def clone_url(self, **override):

        from pylons import url

        from urlparse import urlparse

        import urllib

        parsed_url = urlparse(url('home', qualified=True))

        default_clone_uri = '%(scheme)s://%(user)s%(pass)s%(netloc)s%(prefix)s%(path)s'

        decoded_path = safe_unicode(urllib.unquote(parsed_url.path))

        args = {

           'user': '',

           'pass': '',

           'scheme': parsed_url.scheme,

           'netloc': parsed_url.netloc,

           'prefix': decoded_path,

           'path': self.repo_name

        }

        args.update(override)

        return default_clone_uri % args

    #==========================================================================

    # SCM PROPERTIES

    #==========================================================================

    def get_changeset(self, rev=None):

        return get_changeset_safe(self.scm_instance, rev)

    def get_landing_changeset(self):

        """

        Returns landing changeset, or if that doesn't exist returns the tip

        """

        cs = self.get_changeset(self.landing_rev) or self.get_changeset()

        return cs

    def update_changeset_cache(self, cs_cache=None):

        """

        Update cache of last changeset for repository, keys should be::

            short_id

            raw_id

            revision

            message

            date

            author

        :param cs_cache:

        """

        from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.base import BaseChangeset

        if cs_cache is None:

            cs_cache = self.get_changeset()

        if isinstance(cs_cache, BaseChangeset):

            cs_cache = cs_cache.__json__()

            _default = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(0)

            last_change = cs_cache.get('date') or self.last_change or _default

            log.debug('updated repo %s with new cs cache %s' % (self, cs_cache))

            self.updated_on = last_change

            self.changeset_cache = cs_cache

            Session().add(self)

            Session().commit()

    @property

    def tip(self):

        return self.get_changeset('tip')

    @property

    def author(self):

        return self.tip.author

    @property

    def last_change(self):

        return self.scm_instance.last_change

    def get_comments(self, revisions=None):

        """

        Returns comments for this repository grouped by revisions

        :param revisions: filter query by revisions only

        """

        cmts = ChangesetComment.query()\

            .filter(ChangesetComment.repo == self)

        if revisions:

            cmts = cmts.filter(ChangesetComment.revision.in_(revisions))

        grouped = defaultdict(list)

        for cmt in cmts.all():

            grouped[cmt.revision].append(cmt)

        return grouped

    def statuses(self, revisions=None):

        """

        Returns statuses for this repository

        :param revisions: list of revisions to get statuses for

        :type revisions: list

        """

        statuses = ChangesetStatus.query()\

            .filter(ChangesetStatus.repo == self)\

            .filter(ChangesetStatus.version == 0)

        if revisions:

            statuses = statuses.filter(ChangesetStatus.revision.in_(revisions))

        grouped = {}

        #maybe we have open new pullrequest without a status ?

        stat = ChangesetStatus.STATUS_UNDER_REVIEW

        status_lbl = ChangesetStatus.get_status_lbl(stat)

        for pr in PullRequest.query().filter(PullRequest.org_repo == self).all():

            for rev in pr.revisions:

                pr_id = pr.pull_request_id

                pr_repo = pr.other_repo.repo_name

                grouped[rev] = [stat, status_lbl, pr_id, pr_repo]

        for stat in statuses.all():

            pr_id = pr_repo = None

            if stat.pull_request:

                pr_id = stat.pull_request.pull_request_id

                pr_repo = stat.pull_request.other_repo.repo_name

            grouped[stat.revision] = [str(stat.status), stat.status_lbl,

                                      pr_id, pr_repo]

        return grouped

    #==========================================================================

    # SCM CACHE INSTANCE

    #==========================================================================

    @property

    def invalidate(self):

        return CacheInvalidation.invalidate(self.repo_name)

    def set_invalidate(self):

        """

        set a cache for invalidation for this instance

        """

        CacheInvalidation.set_invalidate(repo_name=self.repo_name)

    @LazyProperty

    def scm_instance(self):

        import rhodecode

        full_cache = str2bool(rhodecode.CONFIG.get('vcs_full_cache'))

        if full_cache:

            return self.scm_instance_cached()

        return self.__get_instance()

    def scm_instance_cached(self, cache_map=None):

        @cache_region('long_term')

        def _c(repo_name):

            return self.__get_instance()

        rn = self.repo_name

        log.debug('Getting cached instance of repo')

        if cache_map:

            # get using prefilled cache_map

            invalidate_repo = cache_map[self.repo_name]

            if invalidate_repo:

                invalidate_repo = (None if invalidate_repo.cache_active

                                   else invalidate_repo)