def get_repos_location(cls):

        return cls.get_by_key('/').one().ui_value

    @classmethod

    def create_or_update_hook(cls, key, val):

        new_ui = cls.get_by_key(key).scalar() or cls()

        new_ui.ui_section = 'hooks'

        new_ui.ui_active = True

        new_ui.ui_key = key

        new_ui.ui_value = val

        Session.add(new_ui)

class User(Base, BaseModel):

    __tablename__ = 'users'

    __table_args__ = (

        UniqueConstraint('username'), UniqueConstraint('email'),

        {'extend_existing': True, 'mysql_engine': 'InnoDB',

         'mysql_charset': 'utf8'}

    )

    user_id = Column("user_id", Integer(), nullable=False, unique=True, default=None, primary_key=True)

    username = Column("username", String(length=255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    password = Column("password", String(length=255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    admin = Column("admin", Boolean(), nullable=True, unique=None, default=False)

    name = Column("firstname", String(length=255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    lastname = Column("lastname", String(length=255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    _email = Column("email", String(length=255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    last_login = Column("last_login", DateTime(timezone=False), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    ldap_dn = Column("ldap_dn", String(length=255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    api_key = Column("api_key", String(length=255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    user_log = relationship('UserLog', cascade='all')

    user_perms = relationship('UserToPerm', primaryjoin="User.user_id==UserToPerm.user_id", cascade='all')

    repositories = relationship('Repository')

    user_followers = relationship('UserFollowing', primaryjoin='UserFollowing.follows_user_id==User.user_id', cascade='all')

    repo_to_perm = relationship('UserRepoToPerm', primaryjoin='UserRepoToPerm.user_id==User.user_id', cascade='all')

    repo_group_to_perm = relationship('UserRepoGroupToPerm', primaryjoin='UserRepoGroupToPerm.user_id==User.user_id', cascade='all')

    group_member = relationship('UsersGroupMember', cascade='all')

    notifications = relationship('UserNotification', cascade='all')

    # notifications assigned to this user

    user_created_notifications = relationship('Notification', cascade='all')

    # comments created by this user

    user_comments = relationship('ChangesetComment', cascade='all')

        ldap_host = v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

        ldap_port = v.Number(strip=True,)

        ldap_tls_kind = v.OneOf(tls_kind_choices)

        ldap_tls_reqcert = v.OneOf(tls_reqcert_choices)

        ldap_dn_user = v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

        ldap_dn_pass = v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

        ldap_base_dn = v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

        ldap_filter = v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

        ldap_search_scope = v.OneOf(search_scope_choices)

        ldap_attr_login = All(

            v.AttrLoginValidator(),

            v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

        )

        ldap_attr_firstname = v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

        ldap_attr_lastname = v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

        ldap_attr_email = v.UnicodeString(strip=True,)

    return _LdapSettingsForm

def UserExtraEmailForm():

    class _UserExtraEmailForm(formencode.Schema):

        email = All(v.UniqSystemEmail(), v.Email)