if not url_prefix: # skip svn+http://... (and git+... too)

            # now check if it's a proper hg repo

            try:

                httppeer(repoui or ui.ui(), url).lookup('tip')

            except Exception as e:

                raise urllib2.URLError(

                    "url [%s] does not look like an hg repo org_exc: %s"

                    % (cleaned_uri, e))

        return True

    def _get_repo(self, create, src_url=None, update_after_clone=False):

        """

        Function will check for mercurial repository in given path and return

        a localrepo object. If there is no repository in that path it will

        raise an exception unless ``create`` parameter is set to True - in

        that case repository would be created and returned.

        If ``src_url`` is given, would try to clone repository from the

        location at given clone_point. Additionally it'll make update to

        working copy accordingly to ``update_after_clone`` flag

        """

        try:

            if src_url:

                url = str(self._get_url(src_url))

                opts = {}

                if not update_after_clone:

                    opts.update({'noupdate': True})

                MercurialRepository._check_url(url, self.baseui)

                clone(self.baseui, url, self.path, **opts)

                # Don't try to create if we've already cloned repo

                create = False

            return localrepository(self.baseui, self.path, create=create)

        except (Abort, RepoError) as err:

            if create:

                msg = "Cannot create repository at %s. Original error was %s" \

                    % (self.path, err)

            else:

                msg = "Not valid repository at %s. Original error was %s" \

                    % (self.path, err)

            raise RepositoryError(msg)

    @LazyProperty

    def in_memory_changeset(self):

        return MercurialInMemoryChangeset(self)

    @LazyProperty

    def description(self):

        undefined_description = u'unknown'

        _desc = self._repo.ui.config('web', 'description', None, untrusted=True)

        return safe_unicode(_desc or undefined_description)

    @LazyProperty

    def contact(self):

        undefined_contact = u'Unknown'

        return safe_unicode(get_contact(self._repo.ui.config)

                            or undefined_contact)

    @LazyProperty

    def last_change(self):

        """

        Returns last change made on this repository as datetime object

        """

        return date_fromtimestamp(self._get_mtime(), makedate()[1])

    def _get_mtime(self):

        try:

            return time.mktime(self.get_changeset().date.timetuple())

        except RepositoryError:

            #fallback to filesystem

            cl_path = os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', "00changelog.i")

            st_path = os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', "store")

            if os.path.exists(cl_path):

                return os.stat(cl_path).st_mtime

            else:

                return os.stat(st_path).st_mtime

    def _get_revision(self, revision):

        """

        Gets an ID revision given as str. This will always return a fill

        40 char revision number

        :param revision: str or int or None

        """

        if isinstance(revision, unicode):

            revision = safe_str(revision)

        if self._empty:

            raise EmptyRepositoryError("There are no changesets yet")

        if revision in [-1, 'tip', None]:

            revision = 'tip'

        try:

            revision = hex(self._repo.lookup(revision))

        except (LookupError, ):

            msg = ("Ambiguous identifier `%s` for %s" % (revision, self))

            raise ChangesetDoesNotExistError(msg)

        return revision

    def get_ref_revision(self, ref_type, ref_name):

        """

        Returns revision number for the given reference.

        """

        ref_name = safe_str(ref_name)

        if ref_type == 'rev' and not ref_name.strip('0'):

            return self.EMPTY_CHANGESET

        # lookup up the exact node id

        _revset_predicates = {

                'branch': 'branch',

                'book': 'bookmark',

                'tag': 'tag',

                'rev': 'id',

            }

        # avoid expensive branch(x) iteration over whole repo

        rev_spec = "%%s & %s(%%s)" % _revset_predicates[ref_type]

        try:

            revs = self._repo.revs(rev_spec, ref_name, ref_name)

        except LookupError:

            msg = ("Ambiguous identifier %s:%s for %s" % (ref_type, ref_name, self.name))

            raise ChangesetDoesNotExistError(msg)

        except RepoLookupError:

            msg = ("Revision %s:%s does not exist for %s" % (ref_type, ref_name, self.name))

            raise ChangesetDoesNotExistError(msg)

        if revs:

            try:

                revision = revs.last()

            except AttributeError:

                # removed in hg 3.2

                revision = revs[-1]

        else:

            # TODO: just report 'not found'?

            revision = ref_name

        return self._get_revision(revision)

    def _get_archives(self, archive_name='tip'):

        allowed = self.baseui.configlist("web", "allow_archive",

                                         untrusted=True)

        for i in [('zip', '.zip'), ('gz', '.tar.gz'), ('bz2', '.tar.bz2')]:

            if i[0] in allowed or self._repo.ui.configbool("web",

                                                           "allow" + i[0],

                                                           untrusted=True):

                yield {"type": i[0], "extension": i[1], "node": archive_name}

    def _get_url(self, url):

        """

        Returns normalized url. If schema is not given, would fall

        to filesystem

        (``file:///``) schema.

        """

        url = str(url)

        if url != 'default' and not '://' in url:

            url = "file:" + urllib.pathname2url(url)

        return url

    def get_hook_location(self):

        """

        returns absolute path to location where hooks are stored

        """

        return os.path.join(self.path, '.hg', '.hgrc')

    def get_changeset(self, revision=None):

        """

        Returns ``MercurialChangeset`` object representing repository's

        changeset at the given ``revision``.

        """

        revision = self._get_revision(revision)

        changeset = MercurialChangeset(repository=self, revision=revision)

        return changeset

    def get_changesets(self, start=None, end=None, start_date=None,

                       end_date=None, branch_name=None, reverse=False):

        """

        Returns iterator of ``MercurialChangeset`` objects from start to end

        (both are inclusive)

        :param start: None, str, int or mercurial lookup format

        :param end:  None, str, int or mercurial lookup format

        :param start_date:

        :param end_date:

        :param branch_name:

        :param reversed: return changesets in reversed order

        """

        start_raw_id = self._get_revision(start)

        start_pos = self.revisions.index(start_raw_id) if start else None

        end_raw_id = self._get_revision(end)

        end_pos = self.revisions.index(end_raw_id) if end else None

        if None not in [start, end] and start_pos > end_pos:

            raise RepositoryError("Start revision '%s' cannot be "

                                  "after end revision '%s'" % (start, end))