repo_name = repo.lstrip('/')

        user_log = UserLog()

        user_log.user_id = user_id

        user_log.action = action

        user_log.repository_name = repo_name

        user_log.repository = sa.query(Repository)\

            .filter(Repository.repo_name == repo_name).one()

        user_log.action_date = datetime.datetime.now()

        user_log.user_ip = ipaddr

        sa.add(user_log)

        sa.commit()

        log.info('Adding user %s, action %s on %s',

                                        user.username, action, repo)

    except Exception, e:

        sa.rollback()

        log.error('could not log user action:%s', str(e))

def check_repo_dir(paths):

    repos_path = paths[0][1].split('/')

    if repos_path[-1] in ['*', '**']:

        repos_path = repos_path[:-1]

    if repos_path[0] != '/':

        repos_path[0] = '/'

    if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(*repos_path)):

        raise Exception('Not a valid repository in %s' % paths[0][1])