if match_dict.get('f_path'):

            #fix for multiple initial slashes that causes errors

            match_dict['f_path'] = match_dict['f_path'].lstrip('/')

        try:

            by_id = repo_name.split('_')

            if len(by_id) == 2 and by_id[1].isdigit() and by_id[0] == '':

                repo_name = Repository.get(by_id[1]).repo_name

                match_dict['repo_name'] = repo_name

        except:

            pass

        return is_valid_repo(repo_name, config['base_path'])

    def check_group(environ, match_dict):

        """

        check for valid repository group for proper 404 handling

        :param environ:

        :param match_dict:

        """

        repos_group_name = match_dict.get('group_name')

        return is_valid_repos_group(repos_group_name, config['base_path'])

    def check_int(environ, match_dict):

        return match_dict.get('id').isdigit()

    # The ErrorController route (handles 404/500 error pages); it should

    # likely stay at the top, ensuring it can always be resolved

    rmap.connect('/error/{action}', controller='error')

    rmap.connect('/error/{action}/{id}', controller='error')

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

    # CUSTOM ROUTES HERE

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

    #MAIN PAGE

    rmap.connect('home', '/', controller='home', action='index')

    rmap.connect('repo_switcher', '/repos', controller='home',

                 action='repo_switcher')

    rmap.connect('branch_tag_switcher', '/branches-tags/{repo_name:.*?}',

                 controller='home', action='branch_tag_switcher')

    rmap.connect('bugtracker',

                 "http://bitbucket.org/marcinkuzminski/rhodecode/issues",

                 _static=True)

    rmap.connect('rst_help',

                 "http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html",

                 _static=True)

                  action="create_repo_field", conditions=dict(method=["PUT"],

                                                      function=check_repo))

        m.connect('delete_repo_fields', "/repo_fields/{repo_name:.*?}/{field_id}",

                  action="delete_repo_field", conditions=dict(method=["DELETE"],

                                                      function=check_repo))

    with rmap.submapper(path_prefix=ADMIN_PREFIX,

                        controller='admin/repos_groups') as m:

        m.connect("repos_groups", "/repos_groups",

                  action="create", conditions=dict(method=["POST"]))

        m.connect("repos_groups", "/repos_groups",

                  action="index", conditions=dict(method=["GET"]))

        m.connect("formatted_repos_groups", "/repos_groups.{format}",

                  action="index", conditions=dict(method=["GET"]))

        m.connect("new_repos_group", "/repos_groups/new",

                  action="new", conditions=dict(method=["GET"]))

        m.connect("formatted_new_repos_group", "/repos_groups/new.{format}",

                  action="new", conditions=dict(method=["GET"]))

        m.connect("update_repos_group", "/repos_groups/{group_name:.*?}",

                  action="update", conditions=dict(method=["PUT"],

                                                   function=check_group))

        m.connect("delete_repos_group", "/repos_groups/{group_name:.*?}",

                  action="delete", conditions=dict(method=["DELETE"],

        m.connect("edit_repos_group", "/repos_groups/{group_name:.*?}/edit",

        m.connect("formatted_edit_repos_group",

                  "/repos_groups/{group_name:.*?}.{format}/edit",

                  action="edit", conditions=dict(method=["GET"],

                                                 function=check_group))

        m.connect("repos_group", "/repos_groups/{group_name:.*?}",

                  action="show", conditions=dict(method=["GET"],

                                                 function=check_group))

        m.connect("formatted_repos_group", "/repos_groups/{group_name:.*?}.{format}",

                  action="show", conditions=dict(method=["GET"],

                                                 function=check_group))

        # ajax delete repos group perm user

        m.connect('delete_repos_group_user_perm',

                  "/delete_repos_group_user_perm/{group_name:.*?}",

             action="delete_repos_group_user_perm",

             conditions=dict(method=["DELETE"], function=check_group))

        # ajax delete repos group perm users_group

        m.connect('delete_repos_group_users_group_perm',

                  "/delete_repos_group_users_group_perm/{group_name:.*?}",

                  action="delete_repos_group_users_group_perm",

                  conditions=dict(method=["DELETE"], function=check_group))

    #ADMIN USER REST ROUTES

    with rmap.submapper(path_prefix=ADMIN_PREFIX,

                errors=errors.error_dict or {},

                prefix_error=False,

                encoding="UTF-8")

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            h.flash(_('error occurred during update of repos group %s') \

                    % request.POST.get('group_name'), category='error')

        return redirect(url('edit_repos_group', group_name=group_name))

    @HasReposGroupPermissionAnyDecorator('group.admin')

    def delete(self, group_name):

        """DELETE /repos_groups/group_name: Delete an existing item"""

        # Forms posted to this method should contain a hidden field:

        #    <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="DELETE" />

        # Or using helpers:

        #    h.form(url('repos_group', group_name=GROUP_NAME),

        #           method='delete')

        # url('repos_group', group_name=GROUP_NAME)

        gr = c.repos_group = ReposGroupModel()._get_repos_group(group_name)

        repos = gr.repositories.all()

        if repos:

            h.flash(_('This group contains %s repositores and cannot be '

            return redirect(url('repos_groups'))

        try:

            ReposGroupModel().delete(group_name)

            Session().commit()

                    category='success')

            #TODO: in future action_logger(, '', '', '', self.sa)

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            h.flash(_('error occurred during deletion of repos '

        return redirect(url('repos_groups'))

    @HasReposGroupPermissionAnyDecorator('group.admin')

    def delete_repos_group_user_perm(self, group_name):

        """

        DELETE an existing repository group permission user

        :param group_name:

        """

        try:

            if not c.rhodecode_user.is_admin:

                if c.rhodecode_user.user_id == safe_int(request.POST['user_id']):

                    msg = _('Cannot revoke permission for yourself as admin')

                    h.flash(msg, category='warning')

                    raise Exception('revoke admin permission on self')

            recursive = str2bool(request.POST.get('recursive', False))

            ReposGroupModel().delete_permission(

                repos_group=group_name, obj=request.POST['user_id'],

                obj_type='user', recursive=recursive

            )

            Session().commit()

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

def is_valid_repo(repo_name, base_path, scm=None):

    """

    Returns True if given path is a valid repository False otherwise.

    If scm param is given also compare if given scm is the same as expected

    from scm parameter

    :param repo_name:

    :param base_path:

    :param scm:

    :return True: if given path is a valid repository

    """

    full_path = os.path.join(safe_str(base_path), safe_str(repo_name))

    try:

        scm_ = get_scm(full_path)

        if scm:

            return scm_[0] == scm

        return True

    except VCSError:

        return False

    """

    Returns True if given path is a repos group False otherwise

    :param repo_name:

    :param base_path:

    """

    full_path = os.path.join(safe_str(base_path), safe_str(repos_group_name))

    # check if it's not a repo

    if is_valid_repo(repos_group_name, base_path):

        return False

    try:

        # we need to check bare git repos at higher level

        # since we might match branches/hooks/info/objects or possible

        # other things inside bare git repo

        get_scm(os.path.dirname(full_path))

        return False

    except VCSError:

        pass

    # check if it's a valid path

        return True

    return False

def ask_ok(prompt, retries=4, complaint='Yes or no please!'):

    while True:

        ok = raw_input(prompt)

        if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'):

            return True

        if ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'):

            return False

        retries = retries - 1

        if retries < 0:

            raise IOError

        print complaint

#propagated from mercurial documentation

ui_sections = ['alias', 'auth',

                'decode/encode', 'defaults',

                'diff', 'email',

                'extensions', 'format',

                'merge-patterns', 'merge-tools',

                'hooks', 'http_proxy',

                ScmModel().install_git_hook(db_repo.scm_instance)

        # during starting install all cache keys for all repositories in the

        # system, this will register all repos and multiple instances

        key, _prefix, _org_key = CacheInvalidation._get_key(name)

        CacheInvalidation.invalidate(name)

        log.debug("Creating a cache key for %s, instance_id %s"

                  % (name, _prefix or 'unknown'))

    sa.commit()

    removed = []

    if remove_obsolete:

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

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

            if repo.repo_name not in initial_repo_list.keys():

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

                          repo.repo_name)

                try:

                    sa.delete(repo)

                    sa.commit()

                    removed.append(repo.repo_name)

                except:

                    #don't hold further removals on error

                    log.error(traceback.format_exc())

                    sa.rollback()

    return added, removed

# set cache regions for beaker so celery can utilise it

def add_cache(settings):

    cache_settings = {'regions': None}

    for key in settings.keys():

        for prefix in ['beaker.cache.', 'cache.']:

            if key.startswith(prefix):

                name = key.split(prefix)[1].strip()

                cache_settings[name] = settings[key].strip()

    if cache_settings['regions']:

        for region in cache_settings['regions'].split(','):

            region = region.strip()

            region_settings = {}

            for key, value in cache_settings.items():

                if key.startswith(region):

                    region_settings[key.split('.')[1]] = value

            region_settings['expire'] = int(region_settings.get('expire',

                                                                60))

            region_settings.setdefault('lock_dir',

                                       cache_settings.get('lock_dir'))

            region_settings.setdefault('data_dir',

                                       cache_settings.get('data_dir'))