repo_path = os.path.join(*map(lambda x:safe_str(x),

                                [self.repos_path, new_parent_path, repo_name]))

        if check_repo(repo_path, self.repos_path):

            log.info('creating repo %s in %s @ %s', repo_name, repo_path,

                     clone_uri)

            backend = get_backend(alias)

            backend(repo_path, create=True, src_url=clone_uri)

    def __rename_repo(self, old, new):

        """

        renames repository on filesystem

        :param old: old name

        :param new: new name

        """

        log.info('renaming repo from %s to %s', old, new)

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

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

        if os.path.isdir(new_path):

        shutil.move(old_path, new_path)

    def __delete_repo(self, repo):

        """

        removes repo from filesystem, the removal is acctually made by

        added rm__ prefix into dir, and rename internat .hg/.git dirs so this

        repository is no longer valid for rhodecode, can be undeleted later on

        by reverting the renames on this repository

        :param repo: repo object

        """

        rm_path = os.path.join(self.repos_path, repo.repo_name)

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

        #disable hg/git

        alias = repo.repo_type

        shutil.move(os.path.join(rm_path, '.%s' % alias),

                    os.path.join(rm_path, 'rm__.%s' % alias))

        #disable repo

        shutil.move(rm_path, os.path.join(self.repos_path, 'rm__%s__%s' \

                                          % (datetime.today()\

                                             .strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%f'),

                                            repo.repo_name)))