templates=[os.path.join(root, 'templates')]

    )

    # Initialize config with the basic options

    config.init_app(global_conf, app_conf, package='kallithea', paths=paths)

    # store some globals into kallithea

    kallithea.CELERY_ON = str2bool(config['app_conf'].get('use_celery'))

    kallithea.CELERY_EAGER = str2bool(config['app_conf'].get('celery.always.eager'))

    config['routes.map'] = make_map(config)

    config['pylons.app_globals'] = app_globals.Globals(config)

    config['pylons.h'] = helpers

    kallithea.CONFIG = config

    load_rcextensions(root_path=config['here'])

    # Setup cache object as early as possible

    pylons.cache._push_object(config['pylons.app_globals'].cache)

    # Create the Mako TemplateLookup, with the default auto-escaping

    config['pylons.app_globals'].mako_lookup = mako.lookup.TemplateLookup(

        directories=paths['templates'],

        error_handler=pylons.error.handle_mako_error,

        module_directory=os.path.join(app_conf['cache_dir'], 'templates'),

        input_encoding='utf-8', default_filters=['escape'],

        imports=['from webhelpers.html import escape'])

    # sets the c attribute access when don't existing attribute are accessed

    config['pylons.strict_tmpl_context'] = True

    test = os.path.split(config['__file__'])[-1] == 'test.ini'

    if test:

        if test_env is None:

            test_env = not int(os.environ.get('KALLITHEA_NO_TMP_PATH', 0))

        if test_index is None:

            test_index = not int(os.environ.get('KALLITHEA_WHOOSH_TEST_DISABLE', 0))

        if os.environ.get('TEST_DB'):

            # swap config if we pass enviroment variable

            config['sqlalchemy.db1.url'] = os.environ.get('TEST_DB')

        from kallithea.lib.utils import create_test_env, create_test_index

        from kallithea.tests import TESTS_TMP_PATH

        #set KALLITHEA_NO_TMP_PATH=1 to disable re-creating the database and

        #test repos

        if test_env:

            create_test_env(TESTS_TMP_PATH, config)

        #set KALLITHEA_WHOOSH_TEST_DISABLE=1 to disable whoosh index during tests

        if test_index: