log.debug(traceback.format_exc())

        #catch all failures here

        pass

    return _group

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

    """

    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.get(user.user_id)

        elif isinstance(user, basestring):

            user_obj = User.get_by_username(user)

        else:

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

        if hasattr(repo, 'repo_id'):

            repo_obj = Repository.get(repo.repo_id)

            repo_name = repo_obj.repo_name

            repo_name = repo.lstrip('/')

            repo_obj = Repository.get_by_repo_name(repo_name)

        else:

            repo_obj = None

            repo_name = ''

        user_log = UserLog()

        user_log.user_id = user_obj.user_id

        user_log.username = user_obj.username

        user_log.action = safe_unicode(action)

        user_log.repository = repo_obj

        user_log.repository_name = repo_name

        user_log.action_date = datetime.datetime.now()

        user_log.user_ip = ipaddr

        sa.add(user_log)

        log.info('Logging action:%s on %s by user:%s ip:%s' %

                 (action, safe_unicode(repo), user_obj, ipaddr))

        if commit:

            sa.commit()

    except Exception:

        log.error(traceback.format_exc())