:returns: RGB tuple

        """

        def hsv_to_rgb(h, s, v):

            if s == 0.0:

                return v, v, v

            i = int(h * 6.0)  # XXX assume int() truncates!

            f = (h * 6.0) - i

            p = v * (1.0 - s)

            q = v * (1.0 - s * f)

            t = v * (1.0 - s * (1.0 - f))

            i = i % 6

            if i == 0:

                return v, t, p

            if i == 1:

                return q, v, p

            if i == 2:

                return p, v, t

            if i == 3:

                return p, q, v

            if i == 4:

                return t, p, v

            if i == 5:

                return v, p, q

        golden_ratio = 0.618033988749895

        h = 0.22717784590367374

        for _ in xrange(n):

            h += golden_ratio

            h %= 1

            HSV_tuple = [h, 0.95, 0.95]

            RGB_tuple = hsv_to_rgb(*HSV_tuple)

            yield map(lambda x: str(int(x * 256)), RGB_tuple)

    cgenerator = gen_color()

    def get_color_string(cs):

        if cs in color_dict:

            col = color_dict[cs]

        else:

            col = color_dict[cs] = cgenerator.next()

        return "color: rgb(%s)! important;" % (', '.join(col))

    def url_func(repo_name):

        def _url_func(changeset):

            author = changeset.author

            date = changeset.date

            message = tooltip(changeset.message)

            tooltip_html = ("<div style='font-size:0.8em'><b>Author:</b>"

                            " %s<br/><b>Date:</b> %s</b><br/><b>Message:"

                            "</b> %s<br/></div>")

            tooltip_html = tooltip_html % (author, date, message)

            lnk_format = '%5s:%s' % ('r%s' % changeset.revision,

                                     short_id(changeset.raw_id))

            uri = link_to(

                    lnk_format,

                    url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name,

                        revision=changeset.raw_id),

                    style=get_color_string(changeset.raw_id),

                    class_='tooltip',

                    title=tooltip_html

                  )

            uri += '\n'

            return uri

        return _url_func

    return literal(annotate_highlight(filenode, url_func(repo_name), **kwargs))

def is_following_repo(repo_name, user_id):

    from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel

    return ScmModel().is_following_repo(repo_name, user_id)

flash = _Flash()

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

# SCM FILTERS available via h.

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

from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils import author_name, author_email

from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import credentials_filter, age as _age

from rhodecode.model.db import User, ChangesetStatus

age = lambda  x: _age(x)

capitalize = lambda x: x.capitalize()

email = author_email

short_id = lambda x: x[:12]

hide_credentials = lambda x: ''.join(credentials_filter(x))

def fmt_date(date):

    if date:

        _fmt = _(u"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S").encode('utf8')

        return date.strftime(_fmt).decode('utf8')

    return ""

def is_git(repository):

    if hasattr(repository, 'alias'):

        _type = repository.alias

    elif hasattr(repository, 'repo_type'):

        _type = repository.repo_type

    else:

        _type = repository

    return _type == 'git'

def is_hg(repository):

    if hasattr(repository, 'alias'):

        _type = repository.alias

    elif hasattr(repository, 'repo_type'):

        _type = repository.repo_type

    else:

        _type = repository

    return _type == 'hg'

def email_or_none(author):

    # extract email from the commit string

    _email = email(author)

    if _email != '':

        # check it against RhodeCode database, and use the MAIN email for this

        # user

        user = User.get_by_email(_email, case_insensitive=True, cache=True)

        if user is not None:

            return user.email

        return _email

    # See if it contains a username we can get an email from

    user = User.get_by_username(author_name(author), case_insensitive=True,

                                cache=True)

    if user is not None:

        return user.email

    # No valid email, not a valid user in the system, none!

    return None

def person(author, show_attr="username_and_name"):

    # attr to return from fetched user

    person_getter = lambda usr: getattr(usr, show_attr)

    # Valid email in the attribute passed, see if they're in the system

    _email = email(author)

    if _email != '':

        user = User.get_by_email(_email, case_insensitive=True, cache=True)

        if user is not None:

            return person_getter(user)

        return _email

    # Maybe it's a username?

    _author = author_name(author)

    user = User.get_by_username(_author, case_insensitive=True,

                                cache=True)

    if user is not None:

        return person_getter(user)

    # Still nothing?  Just pass back the author name then

    return _author

def person_by_id(id_, show_attr="username_and_name"):

    # attr to return from fetched user

    person_getter = lambda usr: getattr(usr, show_attr)

    #maybe it's an ID ?

    if str(id_).isdigit() or isinstance(id_, int):

        id_ = int(id_)

        user = User.get(id_)

        if user is not None:

            return person_getter(user)

    return id_

def desc_stylize(value):

    """

    converts tags from value into html equivalent

    :param value:

    """

    value = re.sub(r'\[see\ \=\>\ *([a-zA-Z0-9\/\=\?\&\ \:\/\.\-]*)\]',

                   '<div class="metatag" tag="see">see =&gt; \\1 </div>', value)

    value = re.sub(r'\[license\ \=\>\ *([a-zA-Z0-9\/\=\?\&\ \:\/\.\-]*)\]',

                   '<div class="metatag" tag="license"><a href="http:\/\/www.opensource.org/licenses/\\1">\\1</a></div>', value)

    value = re.sub(r'\[(requires|recommends|conflicts|base)\ \=\>\ *([a-zA-Z\-\/]*)\]',

                   '<div class="metatag" tag="\\1">\\1 =&gt; <a href="/\\2">\\2</a></div>', value)

                   '<div class="metatag" tag="lang">\\2</div>', value)

    value = re.sub(r'\[([a-z]+)\]',

                  '<div class="metatag" tag="\\1">\\1</div>', value)

    return value

def bool2icon(value):

    """Returns True/False values represented as small html image of true/false

    icons

    :param value: bool value

    """

    if value is True:

        return HTML.tag('img', src=url("/images/icons/accept.png"),

                        alt=_('True'))

    if value is False:

        return HTML.tag('img', src=url("/images/icons/cancel.png"),

                        alt=_('False'))

    return value

def action_parser(user_log, feed=False, parse_cs=False):

    """

    This helper will action_map the specified string action into translated

    fancy names with icons and links

    :param user_log: user log instance

    :param feed: use output for feeds (no html and fancy icons)

    :param parse_cs: parse Changesets into VCS instances

    """

    action = user_log.action

    action_params = ' '

    x = action.split(':')

    if len(x) > 1:

        action, action_params = x

    def get_cs_links():

        revs_limit = 3  # display this amount always

        revs_top_limit = 50  # show upto this amount of changesets hidden

        revs_ids = action_params.split(',')

        deleted = user_log.repository is None

        if deleted:

            return ','.join(revs_ids)

        repo_name = user_log.repository.repo_name

        def lnk(rev, repo_name):

            if isinstance(rev, BaseChangeset) or isinstance(rev, AttributeDict):

                lbl = '%s' % (rev.short_id[:8])

                _url = url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name,

                           revision=rev.raw_id)

                title = tooltip(rev.message)

            else:

                ## changeset cannot be found/striped/removed etc.

                lbl = ('%s' % rev)[:12]

                _url = '#'

                title = _('Changeset not found')

            if parse_cs:

                return link_to(lbl, _url, title=title, class_='tooltip')

            return link_to(lbl, _url, raw_id=rev.raw_id, class_='journal-cs')

        revs = []

        if len(filter(lambda v: v != '', revs_ids)) > 0:

            repo = None

            for rev in revs_ids[:revs_top_limit]:

                # we want parsed changesets, or new log store format is bad

                if parse_cs:

                    try:

                        if repo is None:

                            repo = user_log.repository.scm_instance

                        _rev = repo.get_changeset(rev)

                        revs.append(_rev)

                    except ChangesetDoesNotExistError:

                        log.error('cannot find revision %s in this repo' % rev)

                        revs.append(rev)

                        continue

                else:

                    _rev = AttributeDict({

                        'short_id': rev[:12],

                        'raw_id': rev,

                        'message': '',

                    })

                    revs.append(_rev)

        cs_links = []

        cs_links.append(" " + ', '.join(

            [lnk(rev, repo_name) for rev in revs[:revs_limit]]

            )

        )

        compare_view = (

            ' <div class="compare_view tooltip" title="%s">'

            '<a href="%s">%s</a> </div>' % (

                _('Show all combined changesets %s->%s') % (

                    revs_ids[0][:12], revs_ids[-1][:12]

                ),

                url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name,

                    revision='%s...%s' % (revs_ids[0], revs_ids[-1])

                ),

                _('compare view')

            )

        )

        # if we have exactly one more than normally displayed

        # just display it, takes less space than displaying

        # "and 1 more revisions"

        if len(revs_ids) == revs_limit + 1:

            rev = revs[revs_limit]

            cs_links.append(", " + lnk(rev, repo_name))

        # hidden-by-default ones

        if len(revs_ids) > revs_limit + 1:

            uniq_id = revs_ids[0]

            html_tmpl = (

                '<span> %s <a class="show_more" id="_%s" '

                'href="#more">%s</a> %s</span>'

            )

            if not feed:

                cs_links.append(html_tmpl % (

                      _('and'),

                      uniq_id, _('%s more') % (len(revs_ids) - revs_limit),

                      _('revisions')

                    )

                )

            if not feed:

                html_tmpl = '<span id="%s" style="display:none">, %s </span>'

            else:

                html_tmpl = '<span id="%s"> %s </span>'

            morelinks = ', '.join(

              [lnk(rev, repo_name) for rev in revs[revs_limit:]]

            )

            if len(revs_ids) > revs_top_limit:

                morelinks += ', ...'

            cs_links.append(html_tmpl % (uniq_id, morelinks))

        if len(revs) > 1:

            cs_links.append(compare_view)

        return ''.join(cs_links)

    def get_fork_name():

        repo_name = action_params

        _url = url('summary_home', repo_name=repo_name)

        return _('fork name %s') % link_to(action_params, _url)

    def get_user_name():

        user_name = action_params

        return user_name

    def get_users_group():

        group_name = action_params

        return group_name

    def get_pull_request():

        pull_request_id = action_params

        repo_name = user_log.repository.repo_name

        return link_to(_('Pull request #%s') % pull_request_id,

                    url('pullrequest_show', repo_name=repo_name,

                    pull_request_id=pull_request_id))

    # action : translated str, callback(extractor), icon

    action_map = {

    'user_deleted_repo':           (_('[deleted] repository'),

                                    None, 'database_delete.png'),

    'user_created_repo':           (_('[created] repository'),

                                    None, 'database_add.png'),

    'user_created_fork':           (_('[created] repository as fork'),

                                    None, 'arrow_divide.png'),

    'user_forked_repo':            (_('[forked] repository'),

                                    get_fork_name, 'arrow_divide.png'),

    'user_updated_repo':           (_('[updated] repository'),

                                    None, 'database_edit.png'),

    'admin_deleted_repo':          (_('[delete] repository'),

                                    None, 'database_delete.png'),

    'admin_created_repo':          (_('[created] repository'),

                                    None, 'database_add.png'),

    'admin_forked_repo':           (_('[forked] repository'),

                                    None, 'arrow_divide.png'),

    'admin_updated_repo':          (_('[updated] repository'),

                                    None, 'database_edit.png'),

    'admin_created_user':          (_('[created] user'),

                                    get_user_name, 'user_add.png'),

    'admin_updated_user':          (_('[updated] user'),

                                    get_user_name, 'user_edit.png'),