# those authnadlers are patched for python 2.6.5 bug an

        # infinit looping when given invalid resources

        from mercurial.url import httpbasicauthhandler, httpdigestauthhandler

        # check first if it's not an local url

        if os.path.isdir(url) or url.startswith('file:'):

            return True

        if('+' in url[:url.find('://')]):

            url = url[url.find('+') + 1:]

        handlers = []

        test_uri, authinfo = Url(url).authinfo()

        if authinfo:

            #create a password manager

            passmgr = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()

            passmgr.add_password(*authinfo)

            handlers.extend((httpbasicauthhandler(passmgr),

                             httpdigestauthhandler(passmgr)))

        o = urllib2.build_opener(*handlers)

        o.addheaders = [('Content-Type', 'application/mercurial-0.1'),

                        ('Accept', 'application/mercurial-0.1')]

        q = {"cmd": 'between'}

        q.update({'pairs': "%s-%s" % ('0' * 40, '0' * 40)})

        qs = '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(q)

        cu = "%s%s" % (test_uri, qs)

        req = urllib2.Request(cu, None, {})

        try:

            resp = o.open(req)

            return resp.code == 200

        except Exception, e:

            # means it cannot be cloned

            raise urllib2.URLError("[%s] %s" % (url, e))

    def _get_repo(self, create, src_url=None, update_after_clone=False):

        """

        Function will check for mercurial repository in given path and return

        a localrepo object. If there is no repository in that path it will

        raise an exception unless ``create`` parameter is set to True - in

        that case repository would be created and returned.

        If ``src_url`` is given, would try to clone repository from the

        location at given clone_point. Additionally it'll make update to

        working copy accordingly to ``update_after_clone`` flag

        """

        try:

            if src_url:

                url = str(self._get_url(src_url))

                opts = {}

                if not update_after_clone:

                    opts.update({'noupdate': True})

                try:

                    MercurialRepository._check_url(url)

                    clone(self.baseui, url, self.path, **opts)

#                except urllib2.URLError:

#                    raise Abort("Got HTTP 404 error")

                except Exception:

                    raise

                # Don't try to create if we've already cloned repo

                create = False

            return localrepository(self.baseui, self.path, create=create)

        except (Abort, RepoError), err:

            if create:

                msg = "Cannot create repository at %s. Original error was %s"\

                    % (self.path, err)

            else:

                msg = "Not valid repository at %s. Original error was %s"\

                    % (self.path, err)

            raise RepositoryError(msg)

    @LazyProperty

    def in_memory_changeset(self):

        return MercurialInMemoryChangeset(self)

    @LazyProperty

    def description(self):

        undefined_description = u'unknown'

        return safe_unicode(self._repo.ui.config('web', 'description',

                                   undefined_description, untrusted=True))

    @LazyProperty

    def contact(self):

        undefined_contact = u'Unknown'

        return safe_unicode(get_contact(self._repo.ui.config)

                            or undefined_contact)

    @LazyProperty

    def last_change(self):

        """

        Returns last change made on this repository as datetime object

        """

        return date_fromtimestamp(self._get_mtime(), makedate()[1])

    def _get_mtime(self):

        try:

            return time.mktime(self.get_changeset().date.timetuple())

        except RepositoryError:

            #fallback to filesystem

            cl_path = os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', "00changelog.i")

            st_path = os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', "store")

            if os.path.exists(cl_path):

                return os.stat(cl_path).st_mtime

            else:

                return os.stat(st_path).st_mtime

    def _get_hidden(self):

        return self._repo.ui.configbool("web", "hidden", untrusted=True)

    def _get_revision(self, revision):

        """

        Get's an ID revision given as str. This will always return a fill

        40 char revision number

        :param revision: str or int or None

        """

        if self._empty:

            raise EmptyRepositoryError("There are no changesets yet")

        if revision in [-1, 'tip', None]:

            revision = 'tip'

        try:

            revision = hex(self._repo.lookup(revision))

        except (IndexError, ValueError, RepoLookupError, TypeError):

            raise ChangesetDoesNotExistError("Revision %r does not "

                                    "exist for this repository %s" \

                                    % (revision, self))

        return revision

    def _get_archives(self, archive_name='tip'):

        allowed = self.baseui.configlist("web", "allow_archive",

                                         untrusted=True)

        for i in [('zip', '.zip'), ('gz', '.tar.gz'), ('bz2', '.tar.bz2')]:

            if i[0] in allowed or self._repo.ui.configbool("web",

                                                           "allow" + i[0],

                                                           untrusted=True):

                yield {"type": i[0], "extension": i[1], "node": archive_name}

    def _get_url(self, url):

        """

        Returns normalized url. If schema is not given, would fall

        to filesystem

        (``file:///``) schema.

        """

        url = str(url)

        if url != 'default' and not '://' in url:

            url = "file:" + urllib.pathname2url(url)

        return url

    def get_hook_location(self):

        """

        returns absolute path to location where hooks are stored

        """

        return os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', '.hgrc')

    def get_changeset(self, revision=None):

        """

        Returns ``MercurialChangeset`` object representing repository's

        changeset at the given ``revision``.

        """

        revision = self._get_revision(revision)

        changeset = MercurialChangeset(repository=self, revision=revision)

        return changeset

    def get_changesets(self, start=None, end=None, start_date=None,

                       end_date=None, branch_name=None, reverse=False):

        """

        Returns iterator of ``MercurialChangeset`` objects from start to end

        (both are inclusive)

        :param start: None, str, int or mercurial lookup format

        :param end:  None, str, int or mercurial lookup format

        :param start_date:

        :param end_date:

        :param branch_name:

        :param reversed: return changesets in reversed order

        """

        start_raw_id = self._get_revision(start)

        start_pos = self.revisions.index(start_raw_id) if start else None

        end_raw_id = self._get_revision(end)

        end_pos = self.revisions.index(end_raw_id) if end else None

        if None not in [start, end] and start_pos > end_pos:

                                  "after end revision '%s'" % (start, end))

        if branch_name and branch_name not in self.branches.keys():

                                  ' this repository' % branch_name)

        if end_pos is not None:

            end_pos += 1

        slice_ = reversed(self.revisions[start_pos:end_pos]) if reverse else \

            self.revisions[start_pos:end_pos]

        for id_ in slice_:

            cs = self.get_changeset(id_)

            if branch_name and cs.branch != branch_name:

                continue

            if start_date and cs.date < start_date:

                continue

            if end_date and cs.date > end_date:

                continue

            yield cs

    def pull(self, url):

        """

        Tries to pull changes from external location.

        """

        url = self._get_url(url)

        try:

            pull(self.baseui, self._repo, url)

        except Abort, err:

            # Propagate error but with vcs's type

            raise RepositoryError(str(err))

    @LazyProperty

    def workdir(self):

        """

        Returns ``Workdir`` instance for this repository.

        """

        return MercurialWorkdir(self)

    def get_config_value(self, section, name=None, config_file=None):

        """

        Returns configuration value for a given [``section``] and ``name``.

        :param section: Section we want to retrieve value from

        :param name: Name of configuration we want to retrieve

        :param config_file: A path to file which should be used to retrieve

          configuration from (might also be a list of file paths)

        """

        if config_file is None:

            config_file = []

        elif isinstance(config_file, basestring):

            config_file = [config_file]

        config = self._repo.ui

        for path in config_file:

            config.readconfig(path)

        return config.config(section, name)

    def get_user_name(self, config_file=None):

        """

        Returns user's name from global configuration file.

        :param config_file: A path to file which should be used to retrieve

          configuration from (might also be a list of file paths)

        """

        username = self.get_config_value('ui', 'username')

        if username:

            return author_name(username)

        return None

    def get_user_email(self, config_file=None):

        """

        Returns user's email from global configuration file.

        :param config_file: A path to file which should be used to retrieve

          configuration from (might also be a list of file paths)

        """

        username = self.get_config_value('ui', 'username')

        if username:

            return author_email(username)

        return None