owner = User.get_first_admin()

    for lvl, group_name in enumerate(groups):

        group_name = u'/'.join(groups[:lvl] + [group_name])

        group = RepoGroup.get_by_group_name(group_name)

        desc = '%s group' % group_name

        # skip folders that are now removed repos

        if REMOVED_REPO_PAT.match(group_name):

            break

        if group is None:

            log.debug('creating group level: %s group_name: %s',

                      lvl, group_name)

            group = RepoGroup(group_name, parent)

            group.group_description = desc

            group.owner = owner

            sa.add(group)

            rgm._create_default_perms(group)

            sa.flush()

        parent = group

    return group

                   install_git_hooks=False, user=None, overwrite_git_hooks=False):

    """

    are created, if remove_obsolete is True it also check for db entries

    :param remove_obsolete: check for obsolete entries in database

    :param install_git_hooks: if this is True, also check and install git hook

        for a repo if missing

    :param overwrite_git_hooks: if this is True, overwrite any existing git hooks

        that may be encountered (even if user-deployed)

    """

    from kallithea.model.repo import RepoModel

    from kallithea.model.scm import ScmModel

    sa = meta.Session()

    repo_model = RepoModel()

    if user is None:

        user = User.get_first_admin()

    added = []

    # creation defaults

    defs = Setting.get_default_repo_settings(strip_prefix=True)

    enable_statistics = defs.get('repo_enable_statistics')

    enable_downloads = defs.get('repo_enable_downloads')

    private = defs.get('repo_private')

        group = map_groups(name)

        unicode_name = safe_unicode(name)

        db_repo = repo_model.get_by_repo_name(unicode_name)

        # found repo that is on filesystem not in Kallithea database

        if not db_repo:

            log.info('repository %s not found, creating now', name)

            added.append(name)

            desc = (repo.description

                    if repo.description != 'unknown'

                    else '%s repository' % name)

            new_repo = repo_model._create_repo(

                repo_name=name,

                repo_type=repo.alias,

                description=desc,

                repo_group=getattr(group, 'group_id', None),

                owner=user,

                enable_downloads=enable_downloads,

                enable_statistics=enable_statistics,

                private=private,

                state=Repository.STATE_CREATED

            )

            sa.commit()

            # we added that repo just now, and make sure it has githook

            # installed, and updated server info

            if new_repo.repo_type == 'git':

                git_repo = new_repo.scm_instance

                ScmModel().install_git_hooks(git_repo)

                # update repository server-info

                log.debug('Running update server info')

                git_repo._update_server_info()

            new_repo.update_changeset_cache()

        elif install_git_hooks:

            if db_repo.repo_type == 'git':

                ScmModel().install_git_hooks(db_repo.scm_instance, force_create=overwrite_git_hooks)

    removed = []

    # remove from database those repositories that are not in the filesystem

    for repo in sa.query(Repository).all():

            if remove_obsolete:

                log.debug("Removing non-existing repository found in db `%s`",

                          repo.repo_name)

                try:

                    RepoModel().delete(repo, forks='detach', fs_remove=False)

                    sa.commit()

                except Exception:

                    #don't hold further removals on error

                    log.error(traceback.format_exc())

                    sa.rollback()

            removed.append(repo.repo_name)

    return added, removed

def load_rcextensions(root_path):

    path = os.path.join(root_path, 'rcextensions', '__init__.py')

    if os.path.isfile(path):

        rcext = create_module('rc', path)

        EXT = kallithea.EXTENSIONS = rcext

        log.debug('Found rcextensions now loading %s...', rcext)

        # Additional mappings that are not present in the pygments lexers

        kallithea.config.conf.LANGUAGES_EXTENSIONS_MAP.update(getattr(EXT, 'EXTRA_MAPPINGS', {}))

            return instance

        elif isinstance(instance, int):

            return cls.get(instance)

        elif isinstance(instance, basestring):

            if instance.isdigit():

                return cls.get(int(instance))

            return cls.get_by_repo_name(instance)

        elif instance is not None:

            raise Exception('given object must be int, basestr or Instance'

                            ' of %s got %s' % (type(cls), type(instance)))

    @LazyProperty

    def repos_path(self):

        """

        Gets the repositories root path from database

        """

        q = Ui.query().filter(Ui.ui_key == '/').one()

        return q.ui_value

    def repo_scan(self, repos_path=None):

        """

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

        :param repos_path: path to directory containing repositories

        """

        if repos_path is None:

            repos_path = self.repos_path

        log.info('scanning for repositories in %s', repos_path)

        baseui = make_ui()

        repos = {}

        for name, path in get_filesystem_repos(repos_path):

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

            # since this is internal storage separator for kallithea

            name = Repository.normalize_repo_name(name)

            try:

                if name in repos:

                    raise RepositoryError('Duplicate repository name %s '

                                          'found in %s' % (name, path))

                else:

                    klass = get_backend(path[0])