def __call__(self, message, category=None, ignore_duplicate=False, logf=None):

        """

        Show a message to the user _and_ log it through the specified function

        category: notice (default), warning, error, success

        logf: a custom log function - such as log.debug

        logf defaults to log.info, unless category equals 'success', in which

        case logf defaults to log.debug.

        """

        if logf is None:

            logf = log.info

            if category == 'success':

                logf = log.debug

        logf('Flash %s: %s', category, message)

        super(Flash, self).__call__(message, category, ignore_duplicate)

    def pop_messages(self):

        """Return all accumulated messages and delete them from the session.

        The return value is a list of ``Message`` objects.

        """

        from pylons import session

        messages = session.pop(self.session_key, [])

        session.save()

        return [_Message(*m) for m in messages]

flash = Flash()

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

# SCM FILTERS available via h.

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

from kallithea.lib.vcs.utils import author_name, author_email

from kallithea.lib.utils2 import credentials_filter, age as _age

from kallithea.model.db import User, ChangesetStatus, PullRequest

age = lambda  x, y=False: _age(x, y)

capitalize = lambda x: x.capitalize()

email = author_email

short_id = lambda x: x[:12]

hide_credentials = lambda x: ''.join(credentials_filter(x))

def show_id(cs):

    """

    Configurable function that shows ID

    by default it's r123:fffeeefffeee

    :param cs: changeset instance

    """

    from kallithea import CONFIG

    def_len = safe_int(CONFIG.get('show_sha_length', 12))

    show_rev = str2bool(CONFIG.get('show_revision_number', False))

    raw_id = cs.raw_id[:def_len]

    if show_rev:

        return 'r%s:%s' % (cs.revision, raw_id)

    else:

        return raw_id

def fmt_date(date):

    if date:

        return date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S").decode('utf8')

    return ""

def is_git(repository):

    if hasattr(repository, 'alias'):

        _type = repository.alias

    elif hasattr(repository, 'repo_type'):

        _type = repository.repo_type

    else:

        _type = repository

    return _type == 'git'

def is_hg(repository):

    if hasattr(repository, 'alias'):

        _type = repository.alias

    elif hasattr(repository, 'repo_type'):

        _type = repository.repo_type

    else:

        _type = repository

    return _type == 'hg'

@cache_region('long_term', 'user_or_none')

def user_or_none(author):

    """Try to match email part of VCS committer string with a local user - or return None"""

    email = author_email(author)

    if email:

    return None

def email_or_none(author):

    """Try to match email part of VCS committer string with a local user.

    Return primary email of user, email part of the specified author name, or None."""

    if not author:

        return None

    user = user_or_none(author)

    if user is not None:

        return user.email # always use main email address - not necessarily the one used to find user

    # extract email from the commit string

    email = author_email(author)

    if email:

        return email

    # No valid email, not a valid user in the system, none!

    return None

def person(author, show_attr="username"):

    """Find the user identified by 'author', return one of the users attributes,

    default to the username attribute, None if there is no user"""

    # attr to return from fetched user

    person_getter = lambda usr: getattr(usr, show_attr)

    # if author is already an instance use it for extraction

    if isinstance(author, User):

        return person_getter(author)

    user = user_or_none(author)

    if user is not None:

        return person_getter(user)

    # Still nothing?  Just pass back the author name if any, else the email

    return author_name(author) or email(author)

def person_by_id(id_, show_attr="username"):

    # attr to return from fetched user

    person_getter = lambda usr: getattr(usr, show_attr)

    #maybe it's an ID ?

    if str(id_).isdigit() or isinstance(id_, int):

        id_ = int(id_)

        user = User.get(id_)

        if user is not None:

            return person_getter(user)

    return id_

def boolicon(value):

    """Returns boolean value of a value, represented as small html image of true/false

    icons

    :param value: value

    """

    if value:

        return HTML.tag('i', class_="icon-ok")

    else:

        return HTML.tag('i', class_="icon-minus-circled")

def action_parser(user_log, feed=False, parse_cs=False):

    """

    This helper will action_map the specified string action into translated

    fancy names with icons and links

    :param user_log: user log instance

    :param feed: use output for feeds (no html and fancy icons)

    :param parse_cs: parse Changesets into VCS instances

    """

    action = user_log.action

    action_params = ' '

    x = action.split(':')

    if len(x) > 1:

        action, action_params = x

    def get_cs_links():

        revs_limit = 3  # display this amount always

        revs_top_limit = 50  # show upto this amount of changesets hidden

        revs_ids = action_params.split(',')

        deleted = user_log.repository is None

        if deleted:

            return ','.join(revs_ids)

        repo_name = user_log.repository.repo_name

        def lnk(rev, repo_name):

            lazy_cs = False

            title_ = None

            url_ = '#'

            if isinstance(rev, BaseChangeset) or isinstance(rev, AttributeDict):