def __before__(self):

        super(SettingsController, self).__before__()

    def _get_hg_ui_settings(self):

        ret = Ui.query().all()

        if not ret:

            raise Exception('Could not get application ui settings !')

        settings = {}

        for each in ret:

            k = each.ui_key

            v = each.ui_value

            if k == '/':

                k = 'root_path'

            if k == 'push_ssl':

                v = str2bool(v)

            if k.find('.') != -1:

                k = k.replace('.', '_')

            if each.ui_section in ['hooks', 'extensions']:

                v = each.ui_active

            settings[each.ui_section + '_' + k] = v

        return settings

    @HasPermissionAllDecorator('hg.admin')

    def settings_vcs(self):

        """GET /admin/settings: All items in the collection"""

        # url('admin_settings')

        c.active = 'vcs'

        if request.POST:

            application_form = ApplicationUiSettingsForm()()

            try:

                form_result = application_form.to_python(dict(request.POST))

            except formencode.Invalid as errors:

                return htmlfill.render(

                     render('admin/settings/settings.html'),

                     defaults=errors.value,

                     errors=errors.error_dict or {},

                     prefix_error=False,

                     encoding="UTF-8",

                     force_defaults=False)

            try:

                sett = Ui.get_by_key('push_ssl')

                sett.ui_value = form_result['web_push_ssl']

                if c.visual.allow_repo_location_change:

                    sett = Ui.get_by_key('/')

                    sett.ui_value = form_result['paths_root_path']

                #HOOKS

                sett = Ui.get_by_key(Ui.HOOK_UPDATE)

                sett.ui_active = form_result['hooks_changegroup_update']

                sett = Ui.get_by_key(Ui.HOOK_REPO_SIZE)

                sett.ui_active = form_result['hooks_changegroup_repo_size']

                sett = Ui.get_by_key(Ui.HOOK_PUSH)

                sett.ui_active = form_result['hooks_changegroup_push_logger']

                sett = Ui.get_by_key(Ui.HOOK_PULL)

                sett.ui_active = form_result['hooks_outgoing_pull_logger']

                ## EXTENSIONS

                sett = Ui.get_by_key('largefiles')

                if not sett:

                    #make one if it's not there !

                    sett = Ui()

                    sett.ui_key = 'largefiles'

                    sett.ui_section = 'extensions'

                sett.ui_active = form_result['extensions_largefiles']

                sett = Ui.get_by_key('hgsubversion')

                if not sett:

                    #make one if it's not there !

                    sett = Ui()

                    sett.ui_key = 'hgsubversion'

                    sett.ui_section = 'extensions'

                sett.ui_active = form_result['extensions_hgsubversion']

                if sett.ui_active:

                    try:

                        import hgsubversion  # pragma: no cover

                    except ImportError:

                        raise HgsubversionImportError

#                sett = Ui.get_by_key('hggit')

#                if not sett:

#                    #make one if it's not there !

#                    sett = Ui()

#                    sett.ui_key = 'hggit'

#                    sett.ui_section = 'extensions'

#

#                sett.ui_active = form_result['extensions_hggit']

                Session().commit()

                h.flash(_('Updated VCS settings'), category='success')

            except HgsubversionImportError:

                log.error(traceback.format_exc())

                h.flash(_('Unable to activate hgsubversion support. '

                          'The "hgsubversion" library is missing'),

                        category='error')

            except Exception:

                log.error(traceback.format_exc())

                h.flash(_('Error occurred while updating '

                          'application settings'), category='error')

        defaults = Setting.get_app_settings()

        defaults.update(self._get_hg_ui_settings())

        return htmlfill.render(

            render('admin/settings/settings.html'),

            defaults=defaults,

            encoding="UTF-8",

            force_defaults=False)

    @HasPermissionAllDecorator('hg.admin')

    def settings_mapping(self):

        """GET /admin/settings/mapping: All items in the collection"""

        # url('admin_settings_mapping')

        c.active = 'mapping'

        if request.POST:

            rm_obsolete = request.POST.get('destroy', False)

            install_git_hooks = request.POST.get('hooks', False)

            overwrite_git_hooks = request.POST.get('hooks_overwrite', False);

            invalidate_cache = request.POST.get('invalidate', False)

            log.debug('rescanning repo location with destroy obsolete=%s, '

                      'install git hooks=%s and '

                      'overwrite git hooks=%s' % (rm_obsolete, install_git_hooks, overwrite_git_hooks))

            if invalidate_cache:

                log.debug('invalidating all repositories cache')

                for repo in Repository.get_all():

                    ScmModel().mark_for_invalidation(repo.repo_name)

            filesystem_repos = ScmModel().repo_scan()

            added, removed = repo2db_mapper(filesystem_repos, rm_obsolete,

                                            install_git_hooks=install_git_hooks,

                                            user=c.authuser.username,