def action_logger(user, action, repo, ipaddr='', sa=None):

    """

    Action logger for various actions made by users

    :param user: user that made this action, can be a unique username string or

        object containing user_id attribute

    :param action: action to log, should be on of predefined unique actions for

        easy translations

    :param repo: string name of repository or object containing repo_id,

        that action was made on

    :param ipaddr: optional ip address from what the action was made

    :param sa: optional sqlalchemy session

    """

    if not sa:

        sa = meta.Session()

    try:

        if hasattr(user, 'user_id'):

            user_obj = user

        elif isinstance(user, basestring):

        else:

            raise Exception('You have to provide user object or username')

        rm = RepoModel()

        if hasattr(repo, 'repo_id'):

            repo_obj = rm.get(repo.repo_id, cache=False)

            repo_name = repo_obj.repo_name

        elif  isinstance(repo, basestring):

            repo_name = repo.lstrip('/')

            repo_obj = rm.get_by_repo_name(repo_name, cache=False)

        else:

            raise Exception('You have to provide repository to action logger')

        user_log = UserLog()

        user_log.user_id = user_obj.user_id

        user_log.action = action

        user_log.repository_id = repo_obj.repo_id

        user_log.repository_name = repo_name

        user_log.action_date = datetime.datetime.now()

        user_log.user_ip = ipaddr

        sa.add(user_log)

        sa.commit()