:param path: path to scan for repositories

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

    """

    # remove ending slash for better results

    path = safe_str(path.rstrip(os.sep))

    log.debug('now scanning in %s', path)

    def isdir(*n):

        return os.path.isdir(os.path.join(*n))

    for root, dirs, _files in os.walk(path):

        recurse_dirs = []

        for subdir in dirs:

            # skip removed repos

            if REMOVED_REPO_PAT.match(subdir):

                continue

            #skip .<something> dirs TODO: rly? then we should prevent creating them ...

            if subdir.startswith('.'):

                continue

            cur_path = os.path.join(root, subdir)

            if (isdir(cur_path, '.hg') or

                isdir(cur_path, '.svn') or

                isdir(cur_path, 'objects') and (isdir(cur_path, 'refs') or

                                                os.path.isfile(os.path.join(cur_path, 'packed-refs')))):

                if not os.access(cur_path, os.R_OK) or not os.access(cur_path, os.X_OK):

                    log.warning('ignoring repo path without access: %s', cur_path)

                    continue

                if not os.access(cur_path, os.W_OK):

                    log.warning('repo path without write access: %s', cur_path)

                try:

                    scm_info = get_scm(cur_path)

                    assert cur_path.startswith(path)

                    repo_path = cur_path[len(path) + 1:]

                    yield repo_path, scm_info

                    continue # no recursion

                except VCSError:

                    # We should perhaps ignore such broken repos, but especially

                    # the bare git detection is unreliable so we dive into it

                    pass

            recurse_dirs.append(subdir)