c.visual.show_version = str2bool(rc_config.get('show_version'))

        c.visual.use_gravatar = str2bool(rc_config.get('use_gravatar'))

        c.visual.gravatar_url = rc_config.get('gravatar_url')

        c.ga_code = rc_config.get('ga_code')

        # TODO: replace undocumented backwards compatibility hack with db upgrade and rename ga_code

        if c.ga_code and '<' not in c.ga_code:

            c.ga_code = '''<script type="text/javascript">

                var _gaq = _gaq || [];

                _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '%s']);

                _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

                (function() {

                    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;

                    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';

                    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);

                    })();

            </script>''' % c.ga_code

        c.site_name = rc_config.get('title')

        c.clone_uri_tmpl = rc_config.get('clone_uri_tmpl')

        ## INI stored

        c.visual.allow_repo_location_change = str2bool(config.get('allow_repo_location_change', True))

        c.visual.allow_custom_hooks_settings = str2bool(config.get('allow_custom_hooks_settings', True))

        c.instance_id = config.get('instance_id')

        c.issues_url = config.get('bugtracker', url('issues_url'))

        # END CONFIG VARS

        c.repo_name = get_repo_slug(request)  # can be empty

        c.backends = BACKENDS.keys()

        c.unread_notifications = NotificationModel()\

                        .get_unread_cnt_for_user(c.authuser.user_id)

        self.cut_off_limit = safe_int(config.get('cut_off_limit'))

        c.my_pr_count = PullRequestModel().get_pullrequest_cnt_for_user(c.authuser.user_id)

        self.sa = meta.Session

        self.scm_model = ScmModel(self.sa)

    @staticmethod

    def _determine_auth_user(api_key, session_authuser):

        """

        Create an `AuthUser` object given the IP address of the request, the

        API key (if any), and the authuser from the session.

        """

        if api_key:

            # when using API_KEY we are sure user exists.

            cookie_store = CookieStoreWrapper(session_authuser)

            user_id = cookie_store.get('user_id')

            try:

                auth_user = AuthUser(user_id=user_id)

            except UserCreationError as e:

                # container auth or other auth functions that create users on

                # the fly can throw UserCreationError to signal issues with

                # user creation. Explanation should be provided in the

                # exception object.

                from kallithea.lib import helpers as h

                h.flash(e, 'error')

                auth_user = AuthUser()

            authenticated = cookie_store.get('is_authenticated')

        if not auth_user.is_authenticated and auth_user.user_id is not None:

            # user is not authenticated and not empty

            auth_user.set_authenticated(authenticated)

        return auth_user

    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):

        """Invoke the Controller"""

        # WSGIController.__call__ dispatches to the Controller method

        # the request is routed to. This routing information is

        # available in environ['pylons.routes_dict']

        try:

            self.ip_addr = _get_ip_addr(environ)

            # make sure that we update permissions each time we call controller

            #set globals for auth user

            self.authuser = c.authuser = request.user = self._determine_auth_user(

                request.GET.get('api_key'),

                session.get('authuser'),

            )

            log.info('IP: %s User: %s accessed %s',

                self.ip_addr, self.authuser,

                safe_unicode(_get_access_path(environ)),

            )

            return WSGIController.__call__(self, environ, start_response)

        finally:

            meta.Session.remove()

class BaseRepoController(BaseController):

    """