@NotAnonymous()

    @HasRepoPermissionAnyDecorator('repository.read', 'repository.write',

                                   'repository.admin')

    def create(self, repo_name):

        repo = RepoModel()._get_repo(repo_name)

        try:

            _form = PullRequestForm(repo.repo_id)().to_python(request.POST)

        except formencode.Invalid, errors:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            log.error(str(errors))

            msg = _('Error creating pull request: %s') % errors.msg

            h.flash(msg, 'error')

            raise HTTPBadRequest

        # heads up: org and other might seem backward here ...

        org_repo_name = _form['org_repo']

        org_ref = _form['org_ref'] # will have merge_rev as rev but symbolic name

        org_repo = RepoModel()._get_repo(org_repo_name)

        (org_ref_type,

         org_ref_name,

         org_rev) = org_ref.split(':')

        if org_ref_type == 'rev':

            org_ref_type = 'branch'

            org_ref_name = org_repo.scm_instance.get_changeset(org_rev).branch

            org_ref = '%s:%s:%s' % (org_ref_type, org_ref_name, org_ref_name)

        other_repo_name = _form['other_repo']

        other_ref = _form['other_ref'] # will have symbolic name and head revision

        other_repo = RepoModel()._get_repo(other_repo_name)

        (other_ref_type,

         other_ref_name,

         other_rev) = other_ref.split(':')

        cs_ranges, _cs_ranges_not, ancestor_rev = \

            CompareController._get_changesets(org_repo.scm_instance.alias,

                                              other_repo.scm_instance, other_rev, # org and other "swapped"

                                              org_repo.scm_instance, org_rev,

                                              )

        revisions = [cs.raw_id for cs in cs_ranges]

        # hack: ancestor_rev is not an other_rev but we want to show the

        # requested destination and have the exact ancestor

        other_ref = '%s:%s:%s' % (other_ref_type, other_ref_name, ancestor_rev)

        reviewers = _form['review_members']

        title = _form['pullrequest_title']

        if not title:

        description = _form['pullrequest_desc'].strip() or _('No description')

        try:

            pull_request = PullRequestModel().create(

                self.authuser.user_id, org_repo_name, org_ref, other_repo_name,

                other_ref, revisions, reviewers, title, description

            )

            Session().commit()

            h.flash(_('Successfully opened new pull request'),

                    category='success')

        except Exception:

            h.flash(_('Error occurred while creating pull request'),

                    category='error')

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            return redirect(url('pullrequest_home', repo_name=repo_name))

        return redirect(pull_request.url())

    def create_update(self, old_pull_request, updaterev, title, description, reviewers_ids):

        org_repo = RepoModel()._get_repo(old_pull_request.org_repo.repo_name)

        org_ref_type, org_ref_name, org_rev = old_pull_request.org_ref.split(':')

        new_org_rev = self._get_ref_rev(org_repo, 'rev', updaterev)

        other_repo = RepoModel()._get_repo(old_pull_request.other_repo.repo_name)

        other_ref_type, other_ref_name, other_rev = old_pull_request.other_ref.split(':') # other_rev is ancestor

        #assert other_ref_type == 'branch', other_ref_type # TODO: what if not?

        new_other_rev = self._get_ref_rev(other_repo, other_ref_type, other_ref_name)

        cs_ranges, _cs_ranges_not, ancestor_rev = CompareController._get_changesets(org_repo.scm_instance.alias,

            other_repo.scm_instance, new_other_rev, # org and other "swapped"

            org_repo.scm_instance, new_org_rev)

        old_revisions = set(old_pull_request.revisions)

        revisions = [cs.raw_id for cs in cs_ranges]

        new_revisions = [r for r in revisions if r not in old_revisions]

        lost = old_revisions.difference(revisions)

        infos = ['This is an update of %s "%s".' %

                 (h.canonical_url('pullrequest_show', repo_name=old_pull_request.other_repo.repo_name,

                      pull_request_id=old_pull_request.pull_request_id),

                  old_pull_request.title)]

        if lost:

            infos.append(_('Missing changesets since the previous pull request:'))

            for r in old_pull_request.revisions:

                if r in lost:

                    rev_desc = org_repo.get_changeset(r).message.split('\n')[0]

                    infos.append('  %s "%s"' % (h.short_id(r), rev_desc))