"""Listing of repositories in given path. This path should not be a

        repository itself. Return a dictionary of repository objects

        :param repos_path: path to directory containing repositories

        """

        if repos_path is None:

            repos_path = self.repos_path

        baseui = make_ui('db')

        repos_list = {}

        for name, path in get_filesystem_repos(repos_path, recursive=True):

            # name need to be decomposed and put back together using the /