diff --git a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/__init__.py b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/__init__.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/common.py b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/common.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-"""
-kallithea.lib.paster_commands.common
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Common code for gearbox commands.
-
-This file was forked by the Kallithea project in July 2014.
-Original author and date, and relevant copyright and licensing information is below:
-:created_on: Apr 18, 2010
-:author: marcink
-:copyright: (c) 2013 RhodeCode GmbH, and others.
-:license: GPLv3, see LICENSE.md for more details.
-"""
-
-import os
-import sys
-import logging.config
-
-import paste.deploy
-import gearbox.command
-
-import kallithea.config.middleware
-import kallithea.model.base
-import kallithea.lib.utils2
-import kallithea.lib.utils
-
-
-class BasePasterCommand(gearbox.command.Command):
-    """
-    Abstract Base Class for gearbox commands.
-    """
-
-    # override to control how much get_parser and run should do:
-    takes_config_file = True
-    requires_db_session = True
-    config = None # set to the actual config object in run if takes_config_file is true
-
-    def run(self, args):
-        """
-        Overrides Command.run
-
-        If needed by the command, read config file and initialize database before running.
-        """
-        if self.takes_config_file:
-            path_to_ini_file = os.path.realpath(args.config_file)
-            self.config = paste.deploy.appconfig('config:' + path_to_ini_file)
-            # TODO: also initialize kallithea.CONFIG?
-            logging.config.fileConfig(path_to_ini_file)
-
-            if self.requires_db_session:
-                kallithea.config.middleware.make_app_without_logging(self.config.global_conf, **self.config.local_conf)
-                # *now*, tg.config has been set and could be used ... but we just keep using self.config
-                kallithea.lib.utils.setup_cache_regions(self.config)
-
-        return super(BasePasterCommand, self).run(args)
-
-    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
-        parser = super(BasePasterCommand, self).get_parser(prog_name)
-
-        if self.takes_config_file:
-            parser.add_argument("-c", "--config",
-                help='Kallithea .ini file with configuration of database etc',
-                dest='config_file', required=True)
-
-        return parser
-
-    def error(self, msg, exitcode=1):
-        """Write error message and exit"""
-        sys.stderr.write('%s\n' % msg)
-        raise SystemExit(exitcode)