updates = []

        log.debug('Now updating permissions for %s in recursive mode:%s',

                  repo_group, recursive)

        for obj in repo_group.recursive_groups_and_repos():

            # iterated obj is an instance of a repos group or repository in

            # that group, recursive option can be: none, repos, groups, all

            if recursive == 'all':

                pass

            elif recursive == 'repos':

                # skip groups, other than this one

                if isinstance(obj, RepoGroup) and not obj == repo_group:

                    continue

            elif recursive == 'groups':

                # skip repos

                if isinstance(obj, Repository):

                    continue

            else:  # recursive == 'none': # DEFAULT don't apply to iterated objects

                obj = repo_group

                # also we do a break at the end of this loop.

            # update permissions

            for member, perm, member_type in perms_updates:

                ## set for user

                if member_type == 'user':

                    # this updates also current one if found

                    _set_perm_user(obj, user=member, perm=perm)

                ## set for user group

                else:

                    # check if we have permissions to alter this usergroup's access

                    if not check_perms or HasUserGroupPermissionLevel('read')(member):

                        _set_perm_group(obj, users_group=member, perm=perm)

            # set new permissions

            for member, perm, member_type in perms_new:

                if member_type == 'user':

                    _set_perm_user(obj, user=member, perm=perm)

                else:

                    # check if we have permissions to alter this usergroup's access

                    if not check_perms or HasUserGroupPermissionLevel('read')(member):

                        _set_perm_group(obj, users_group=member, perm=perm)

            updates.append(obj)

            # if it's not recursive call for all,repos,groups

            # break the loop and don't proceed with other changes

            if recursive not in ['all', 'repos', 'groups']:

                break

        return updates

        try:

            repo_group = RepoGroup.guess_instance(repo_group)

            old_path = repo_group.full_path

            # change properties

                if kallithea.lib.utils2.repo_name_slug(group_name) != group_name:

                    raise Exception('invalid repo group name %s' % group_name)

                repo_group.group_name = repo_group.get_new_name(group_name)

            new_path = repo_group.full_path

            Session().add(repo_group)

            # iterate over all members of this groups and do fixes

            # set locking if given

            # if obj is a repoGroup also fix the name of the group according

            # to the parent

            # if obj is a Repo fix it's name

            # this can be potentially heavy operation

            for obj in repo_group.recursive_groups_and_repos():

                # set the value from it's parent

                obj.enable_locking = repo_group.enable_locking

                if isinstance(obj, RepoGroup):

                    new_name = obj.get_new_name(obj.name)

                    log.debug('Fixing group %s to new name %s' \

                                % (obj.group_name, new_name))

                    obj.group_name = new_name

                elif isinstance(obj, Repository):

                    # we need to get all repositories from this new group and

                    # rename them accordingly to new group path

                    new_name = obj.get_new_name(obj.just_name)

                    log.debug('Fixing repo %s to new name %s' \

                                % (obj.repo_name, new_name))

                    obj.repo_name = new_name

            self._rename_group(old_path, new_path)

            return repo_group

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            raise

    def delete(self, repo_group, force_delete=False):

        repo_group = RepoGroup.guess_instance(repo_group)

        try:

            Session().delete(repo_group)

            self._delete_group(repo_group, force_delete)

        except Exception:

            log.error('Error removing repo_group %s', repo_group)

            raise

    def add_permission(self, repo_group, obj, obj_type, perm, recursive):

        from kallithea.model.repo import RepoModel

        repo_group = RepoGroup.guess_instance(repo_group)

        perm = Permission.guess_instance(perm)