return True

    return False

def ask_ok(prompt, retries=4, complaint='Yes or no, please!'):

    while True:

        ok = raw_input(prompt)

        if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'):

            return True

        if ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'):

            return False

        retries = retries - 1

        if retries < 0:

            raise IOError

        print complaint

#propagated from mercurial documentation

ui_sections = ['alias', 'auth',

                'decode/encode', 'defaults',

                'diff', 'email',

                'extensions', 'format',

                'merge-patterns', 'merge-tools',

                'hooks', 'http_proxy',

                'smtp', 'patch',

                'paths', 'profiling',

                'server', 'trusted',

                'ui', 'web', ]

def make_ui(read_from='file', path=None, checkpaths=True):

    """A function that will read python rc files or database

    and make an mercurial ui object from read options

    :param path: path to mercurial config file

    :param checkpaths: check the path

    :param read_from: read from 'file' or 'db'

    """

    baseui = ui.ui()

    #clean the baseui object

    baseui._ocfg = config.config()

    baseui._ucfg = config.config()

    baseui._tcfg = config.config()

    if read_from == 'file':

        if not os.path.isfile(path):

            return False

        log.debug('reading hgrc from %s' % path)

        cfg = config.config()

        cfg.read(path)

        for section in ui_sections:

            for k, v in cfg.items(section):

                log.debug('settings ui from file[%s]%s:%s' % (section, k, v))

                baseui.setconfig(section, k, v)

    elif read_from == 'db':

        sa = meta.Session

        ret = sa.query(RhodeCodeUi)\

        hg_ui = ret

        for ui_ in hg_ui:

            if ui_.ui_active:

                log.debug('settings ui from db[%s]%s:%s', ui_.ui_section,

                          ui_.ui_key, ui_.ui_value)

                baseui.setconfig(ui_.ui_section, ui_.ui_key, ui_.ui_value)

        meta.Session.remove()

    return baseui

def set_rhodecode_config(config):

    """

    Updates pylons config with new settings from database

    :param config:

    """

    hgsettings = RhodeCodeSetting.get_app_settings()

    for k, v in hgsettings.items():

        config[k] = v

def invalidate_cache(cache_key, *args):

    """

    Puts cache invalidation task into db for

    further global cache invalidation

    """

    from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel

    if cache_key.startswith('get_repo_cached_'):

        name = cache_key.split('get_repo_cached_')[-1]

        ScmModel().mark_for_invalidation(name)

class EmptyChangeset(BaseChangeset):

    """

    An dummy empty changeset. It's possible to pass hash when creating

    an EmptyChangeset

    """

    def __init__(self, cs='0' * 40, repo=None, requested_revision=None,

                 alias=None):

        self._empty_cs = cs

        self.revision = -1

        self.message = ''