def __before__(self):

        super(CompareController, self).__before__()

    @staticmethod

    def _get_changesets(alias, org_repo, org_rev, other_repo, other_rev):

        """

        Returns lists of changesets that can be merged from org_repo@org_rev

        to other_repo@other_rev

        ... and the other way

        ... and the ancestor that would be used for merge

        :param org_rev: the revision we want our compare to be made

            all changesets that we need to obtain

        :param other_rev: revision we want out compare to be made on other_repo

        """

        ancestor = None

        if org_rev == other_rev:

            org_changesets = []

            other_changesets = []

            ancestor = org_rev

        elif alias == 'hg':

            #case two independent repos

            if org_repo != other_repo:

            .filter(cls.app_settings_name == key).scalar()

    @classmethod

    def get_by_name_or_create(cls, key, val='', type='unicode'):

        res = cls.get_by_name(key)

        if not res:

            res = cls(key, val, type)

        return res

    @classmethod

    def create_or_update(cls, key, val=Optional(''), type=Optional('unicode')):

        """

        :param key:

        :param val:

        :param type:

        :return:

        """

        res = cls.get_by_name(key)

        if not res:

            val = Optional.extract(val)

            type = Optional.extract(type)

            res = cls(key, val, type)

        else:

        allow_extra_fields = True

        filter_extra_fields = False

        group_name = All(v.UnicodeString(strip=True, min=1, not_empty=True),

                         v.SlugifyName(),

                         v.ValidRegex(msg=_('Name must not contain only digits'))(r'(?!^\d+$)^.+$'))

        group_description = v.UnicodeString(strip=True, min=1,

                                            not_empty=False)

        group_copy_permissions = v.StringBoolean(if_missing=False)

        if edit:

            #FIXME: do a special check that we cannot move a group to one of

            pass

        group_parent_id = All(v.CanCreateGroup(can_create_in_root),

                              v.OneOf(available_groups, hideList=False,

                                      testValueList=True,

                                      if_missing=None, not_empty=True))

        enable_locking = v.StringBoolean(if_missing=False)

        chained_validators = [v.ValidRepoGroup(edit, old_data)]

    return _RepoGroupForm

def RegisterForm(edit=False, old_data={}):

                    if path[0] == 'hg' and path[0] in BACKENDS.keys():

                        repos[name] = klass(safe_str(path[1]), baseui=baseui)

                    if path[0] == 'git' and path[0] in BACKENDS.keys():

                        repos[name] = klass(path[1])

            except OSError:

                continue

        log.debug('found %s paths with repositories' % (len(repos)))

        return repos

    def get_repos(self, all_repos=None, sort_key=None, simple=False):

        """

        backend instance and fill that backed with information from database

        :param all_repos: list of repository names as strings

            give specific repositories list, good for filtering

        :param sort_key: initial sorting of repos

        :param simple: use SimpleCachedList - one without the SCM info

        """

        if all_repos is None:

            all_repos = self.sa.query(Repository)\

                        .filter(Repository.group_id == None)\

                        .order_by(func.lower(Repository.repo_name)).all()

        if f_path:

            f_path = os.path.normpath(f_path)

        return f_path

    def get_nodes(self, repo_name, revision, root_path='/', flat=True):

        """

        recursive walk in root dir and return a set of all path in that dir

        based on repository walk function

        :param repo_name: name of repository

        :param revision: revision for which to list nodes

        :param root_path: root path to list

        """

        _files = list()

        _dirs = list()

        try:

            _repo = self.__get_repo(repo_name)

            changeset = _repo.scm_instance.get_changeset(revision)

            root_path = root_path.lstrip('/')

            for topnode, dirs, files in changeset.walk(root_path):

                for f in files:

                    _files.append(f.path if flat else {"name": f.path,

                                                       "type": "file"})

        :param author: author of commit, cna be different that commiter only for git

        :param trigger_push_hook: trigger push hooks

        :returns: new commited changeset after deletion

        """

        user = self._get_user(user)

        scm_instance = repo.scm_instance_no_cache()

        processed_nodes = []

        for f_path in nodes:

            f_path = self._sanitize_path(f_path)

            # structure as add_nodes

            content = nodes[f_path].get('content')

            processed_nodes.append((f_path, content))

        message = safe_unicode(message)

        commiter = user.full_contact

        author = safe_unicode(author) if author else commiter

        IMC = self._get_IMC_module(scm_instance.alias)

        imc = IMC(scm_instance)

        if not parent_cs:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            if pre_db:

                # we rollback only if local db stuff fails. If it goes into

                # run_task, we're pass rollback state this wouldn't work then

                Session().rollback()

        return True

    def fill_data(self, auth_user, user_id=None, api_key=None, username=None):

        """

        Fetches auth_user by user_id,or api_key if present.

        Fills auth_user attributes with those taken from database.

        present in database

        :param auth_user: instance of user to set attributes

        :param user_id: user id to fetch by

        :param api_key: api key to fetch by

        :param username: username to fetch by

        """

        if user_id is None and api_key is None and username is None:

            raise Exception('You need to pass user_id, api_key or username')

        try:

            dbuser = None