os.makedirs(create_path)

    def __rename_group(self, old, new):

        """

        Renames a group on filesystem

        :param group_name:

        """

        if old == new:

            log.debug('skipping group rename')

            return

        log.debug('renaming repository group from %s to %s' % (old, new))

        old_path = os.path.join(self.repos_path, old)

        new_path = os.path.join(self.repos_path, new)

        log.debug('renaming repos paths from %s to %s' % (old_path, new_path))

        if os.path.isdir(new_path):

            raise Exception('Was trying to rename to already '

                            'existing dir %s' % new_path)

        shutil.move(old_path, new_path)

    def __delete_group(self, group, force_delete=False):

        """

        Deletes a group from a filesystem

        :param group: instance of group from database

        :param force_delete: use shutil rmtree to remove all objects

        """

        paths = group.full_path.split(RepoGroup.url_sep())

        paths = os.sep.join(paths)

        rm_path = os.path.join(self.repos_path, paths)

        log.info("Removing group %s" % (rm_path))

        # delete only if that path really exists

        if os.path.isdir(rm_path):

            if force_delete:

                shutil.rmtree(rm_path)

            else:

                #archive that group`

                _now = datetime.datetime.now()

                _ms = str(_now.microsecond).rjust(6, '0')

                _d = 'rm__%s_GROUP_%s' % (_now.strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_' + _ms),

                                          group.name)

                shutil.move(rm_path, os.path.join(self.repos_path, _d))

    def create(self, group_name, group_description, owner, parent=None, just_db=False):

        try:

            user = self._get_user(owner)

            new_repos_group = RepoGroup()

            new_repos_group.user = user

            new_repos_group.group_description = group_description or group_name

            new_repos_group.parent_group = self._get_repo_group(parent)

            new_repos_group.group_name = new_repos_group.get_new_name(group_name)

            self.sa.add(new_repos_group)

            perm_obj = self._create_default_perms(new_repos_group)

            self.sa.add(perm_obj)

            #create an ADMIN permission for owner except if we're super admin,

            #later owner should go into the owner field of groups

            if not user.is_admin:

                self.grant_user_permission(repos_group=new_repos_group,

                                           user=owner, perm='group.admin')

            if not just_db:

                # we need to flush here, in order to check if database won't

                # throw any exceptions, create filesystem dirs at the very end

                self.sa.flush()

                self.__create_group(new_repos_group.group_name)

            return new_repos_group

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            raise

    def _update_permissions(self, repos_group, perms_new=None,

                            perms_updates=None, recursive=False,

                            check_perms=True):

        from rhodecode.model.repo import RepoModel

        from rhodecode.lib.auth import HasUserGroupPermissionAny

        if not perms_new:

            perms_new = []

        if not perms_updates:

            perms_updates = []

        def _set_perm_user(obj, user, perm):

            if isinstance(obj, RepoGroup):

                self.grant_user_permission(

                    repos_group=obj, user=user, perm=perm

                )

            elif isinstance(obj, Repository):

                    return

                # we set group permission but we have to switch to repo

                # permission

                perm = perm.replace('group.', 'repository.')

                RepoModel().grant_user_permission(

                    repo=obj, user=user, perm=perm

                )

        def _set_perm_group(obj, users_group, perm):

            if isinstance(obj, RepoGroup):

                self.grant_users_group_permission(

                    repos_group=obj, group_name=users_group, perm=perm

                )

            elif isinstance(obj, Repository):

                # we set group permission but we have to switch to repo

                # permission

                perm = perm.replace('group.', 'repository.')

                RepoModel().grant_users_group_permission(

                    repo=obj, group_name=users_group, perm=perm

                )

        updates = []

        log.debug('Now updating permissions for %s in recursive mode:%s'

                  % (repos_group, recursive))

        for obj in repos_group.recursive_groups_and_repos():

            #obj is an instance of a group or repositories in that group

            if not recursive:

                obj = repos_group

            # update permissions

            for member, perm, member_type in perms_updates:

                ## set for user

                if member_type == 'user':

                    # this updates also current one if found

                    _set_perm_user(obj, user=member, perm=perm)

                ## set for user group

                else:

                    #check if we have permissions to alter this usergroup

                    req_perms = ('usergroup.read', 'usergroup.write', 'usergroup.admin')

                    if not check_perms or HasUserGroupPermissionAny(*req_perms)(member):

                        _set_perm_group(obj, users_group=member, perm=perm)

            # set new permissions

            for member, perm, member_type in perms_new:

                if member_type == 'user':

                    _set_perm_user(obj, user=member, perm=perm)

                else:

                    #check if we have permissions to alter this usergroup

                    req_perms = ('usergroup.read', 'usergroup.write', 'usergroup.admin')

                    if not check_perms or HasUserGroupPermissionAny(*req_perms)(member):

                        _set_perm_group(obj, users_group=member, perm=perm)

            updates.append(obj)

            #if it's not recursive call

            # break the loop and don't proceed with other changes

            if not recursive:

                break

        return updates

    def update(self, repos_group, form_data):

        try:

            repos_group = self._get_repo_group(repos_group)

            old_path = repos_group.full_path

            # change properties

            repos_group.group_description = form_data['group_description']

            repos_group.group_parent_id = form_data['group_parent_id']

            repos_group.enable_locking = form_data['enable_locking']

            repos_group.parent_group = RepoGroup.get(form_data['group_parent_id'])

            repos_group.group_name = repos_group.get_new_name(form_data['group_name'])

            new_path = repos_group.full_path

            self.sa.add(repos_group)

            # iterate over all members of this groups and do fixes

            # set locking if given

            # if obj is a repoGroup also fix the name of the group according

            # to the parent

            # if obj is a Repo fix it's name

            # this can be potentially heavy operation

            for obj in repos_group.recursive_groups_and_repos():

                #set the value from it's parent

                obj.enable_locking = repos_group.enable_locking

                if isinstance(obj, RepoGroup):

                    new_name = obj.get_new_name(obj.name)

                    log.debug('Fixing group %s to new name %s' \

                                % (obj.group_name, new_name))

                    obj.group_name = new_name

                elif isinstance(obj, Repository):

                    # we need to get all repositories from this new group and

                    # rename them accordingly to new group path

                    new_name = obj.get_new_name(obj.just_name)

                    log.debug('Fixing repo %s to new name %s' \

                                % (obj.repo_name, new_name))

                    obj.repo_name = new_name

                self.sa.add(obj)

            self.__rename_group(old_path, new_path)

            return repos_group

        except Exception:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            raise

    def delete(self, repos_group, force_delete=False):

        repos_group = self._get_repo_group(repos_group)

        try:

            self.sa.delete(repos_group)

            self.__delete_group(repos_group, force_delete)

        except Exception:

            log.error('Error removing repos_group %s' % repos_group)

            raise

    def delete_permission(self, repos_group, obj, obj_type, recursive):

        """

        Revokes permission for repos_group for given obj(user or users_group),

        obj_type can be user or user group