repo_group_name = lambda repo_group_name, children_groups: (

            template.get_def("repo_group_name")

            .render(repo_group_name, children_groups, _=_, h=h, c=c)

        )

        repo_group_actions = lambda repo_group_id, repo_group_name, gr_count: (

            template.get_def("repo_group_actions")

            .render(repo_group_id, repo_group_name, gr_count, _=_, h=h, c=c,

                    ungettext=ungettext)

        )

        for repo_gr in group_iter:

            children_groups = map(h.safe_unicode,

                itertools.chain((g.name for g in repo_gr.parents),

                                (x.name for x in [repo_gr])))

            repo_count = repo_gr.repositories.count()

            repo_groups_data.append({

                "raw_name": repo_gr.group_name,

                "group_name": repo_group_name(repo_gr.group_name, children_groups),

                "desc": h.escape(repo_gr.group_description),

                "repos": repo_count,

                "owner": h.person(repo_gr.user),

                "action": repo_group_actions(repo_gr.group_id, repo_gr.group_name,

                                             repo_count)

            })

        c.data = json.dumps({

            "totalRecords": total_records,

            "startIndex": 0,

            "sort": None,

            "dir": "asc",

            "records": repo_groups_data

        })

        return render('admin/repo_groups/repo_groups.html')

    def create(self):

        """POST /repo_groups: Create a new item"""

        # url('repos_groups')

        self.__load_defaults()

        # permissions for can create group based on parent_id are checked

        # here in the Form

        repo_group_form = RepoGroupForm(available_groups=

                                        map(lambda k: k[0], c.repo_groups))()

        try:

            form_result = repo_group_form.to_python(dict(request.POST))

                group_name=form_result['group_name'],

                group_description=form_result['group_description'],

                parent=form_result['group_parent_id'],

                copy_permissions=form_result['group_copy_permissions']

            )

            Session().commit()

            #TODO: in futureaction_logger(, '', '', '', self.sa)

        except formencode.Invalid, errors:

            return htmlfill.render(

                render('admin/repo_groups/repo_group_add.html'),

                defaults=errors.value,

                errors=errors.error_dict or {},

                prefix_error=False,

                encoding="UTF-8",

                force_defaults=False)

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            h.flash(_('Error occurred during creation of repository group %s') \

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

    def new(self):

        """GET /repo_groups/new: Form to create a new item"""

        # url('new_repos_group')

        if HasPermissionAll('hg.admin')('group create'):

            #we're global admin, we're ok and we can create TOP level groups

            pass

        else:

            # we pass in parent group into creation form, thus we know

            # what would be the group, we can check perms here !

            group_id = safe_int(request.GET.get('parent_group'))

            group = RepoGroup.get(group_id) if group_id else None

            group_name = group.group_name if group else None

            if HasRepoGroupPermissionAll('group.admin')(group_name, 'group create'):

                pass

            else:

                return abort(403)

        self.__load_defaults()

        return render('admin/repo_groups/repo_group_add.html')

    @HasRepoGroupPermissionAnyDecorator('group.admin')

    def update(self, group_name):

        """PUT /repo_groups/group_name: Update an existing item"""

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

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

        # Or using helpers:

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

        #           method='put')

        # url('repos_group', group_name=GROUP_NAME)

        c.repo_group = RepoGroupModel()._get_repo_group(group_name)

        if HasPermissionAll('hg.admin')('group edit'):

            #we're global admin, we're ok and we can create TOP level groups

            allow_empty_group = True

        elif not c.repo_group.parent_group:

            allow_empty_group = True

        else:

            allow_empty_group = False

        self.__load_defaults(allow_empty_group=allow_empty_group,

                             exclude_group_ids=[c.repo_group.group_id])

        repo_group_form = RepoGroupForm(

            edit=True,

            old_data=c.repo_group.get_dict(),

            available_groups=c.repo_groups_choices,

            can_create_in_root=allow_empty_group,

        )()