if hasattr(repo, 'repo_id'):

            repo_obj = Repository.get(repo.repo_id)

            repo_name = repo_obj.repo_name

        elif  isinstance(repo, basestring):

            repo_name = repo.lstrip('/')

            repo_obj = Repository.get_by_repo_name(repo_name)

        else:

            raise Exception('You have to provide repository to action logger')

        user_log = UserLog()

        user_log.user_id = user_obj.user_id

        user_log.repository_id = repo_obj.repo_id

        user_log.repository_name = repo_name

        user_log.action_date = datetime.datetime.now()

        user_log.user_ip = ipaddr

        sa.add(user_log)

        log.info(

            'Adding user %s, action %s on %s' % (user_obj, action,

                                                 safe_unicode(repo))

        )