def repos_path(self):

        """

        Get's the repositories root path from database

        """

        q = self.sa.query(RhodeCodeUi).filter(RhodeCodeUi.ui_key == '/').one()

        return q.ui_value

    def repo_scan(self, repos_path, baseui):

        """

        Listing of repositories in given path. This path should not be a 

        repository itself. Return a dictionary of repository objects

        :param repos_path: path to directory containing repositories

        :param baseui

        """

        log.info('scanning for repositories in %s', repos_path)

        if not isinstance(baseui, ui.ui):

            baseui = make_ui('db')

        repos_list = {}

        for name, path in get_repos(repos_path):

            try:

                if repos_list.has_key(name):

                    raise RepositoryError('Duplicate repository name %s '

                                    'found in %s' % (name, path))

                else:

                    klass = get_backend(path[0])

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

                        repos_list[name] = klass(path[1], baseui=baseui)

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

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

            except OSError:

                continue

        return repos_list

    def get_repos(self, all_repos=None):

        """

        Get all repos from db and for each repo create it's backend instance.

        and fill that backed with information from database

        :param all_repos: give specific repositories list, good for filtering

        """

            all_repos = self.sa.query(Repository)\

                .order_by(Repository.repo_name).all()

        invalidation_list = [str(x.cache_key) for x in \

                             self.sa.query(CacheInvalidation.cache_key)\

                             .filter(CacheInvalidation.cache_active == False)\

                             .all()]

        for r in all_repos:

            repo = self.get(r.repo_name, invalidation_list)

            if repo is not None:

                last_change = repo.last_change

                tip = h.get_changeset_safe(repo, 'tip')

                tmp_d = {}

                tmp_d['name'] = repo.name

                tmp_d['name_sort'] = tmp_d['name'].lower()

                tmp_d['description'] = repo.dbrepo.description

                tmp_d['description_sort'] = tmp_d['description']

                tmp_d['last_change'] = last_change

                tmp_d['last_change_sort'] = time.mktime(last_change.timetuple())

                tmp_d['tip'] = tip.raw_id

                tmp_d['tip_sort'] = tip.revision

                tmp_d['rev'] = tip.revision

                tmp_d['contact'] = repo.dbrepo.user.full_contact

                tmp_d['contact_sort'] = tmp_d['contact']

                tmp_d['repo_archives'] = list(repo._get_archives())

                tmp_d['last_msg'] = tip.message

                tmp_d['repo'] = repo

                yield tmp_d

    def get_repo(self, repo_name):

        return self.get(repo_name)

    def get(self, repo_name, invalidation_list=None):

        """

        Get's repository from given name, creates BackendInstance and

        propagates it's data from database with all additional information

        :param repo_name:

        """

        if not HasRepoPermissionAny('repository.read', 'repository.write',

                            'repository.admin')(repo_name, 'get repo check'):

            return

        @cache_region('long_term')