setattr(cur_repo, k, v)

            self.sa.add(cur_repo)

            if repo_name != form_data['repo_name']:

                #rename our data

                self.__rename_repo(repo_name, form_data['repo_name'])

            self.sa.commit()

        except:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            self.sa.rollback()

            raise

    def create(self, form_data, cur_user, just_db=False, fork=False):

        try:

            if fork:

                #force str since hg doesn't go with unicode

                repo_name = str(form_data['fork_name'])

                org_name = str(form_data['repo_name'])

            else:

                org_name = repo_name = str(form_data['repo_name'])

            new_repo = Repository()

            for k, v in form_data.items():

                if k == 'repo_name':

                    v = repo_name

                setattr(new_repo, k, v)

            if fork:

                parent_repo = self.sa.query(Repository)\

                        .filter(Repository.repo_name == org_name).scalar()

                new_repo.fork = parent_repo

            new_repo.user_id = cur_user.user_id

            self.sa.add(new_repo)

            #create default permission

            repo_to_perm = RepoToPerm()

            default = 'repository.read'

            for p in UserModel(self.sa).get_by_username('default', cache=False).user_perms:

                if p.permission.permission_name.startswith('repository.'):

                    default = p.permission.permission_name

                    break

            default_perm = 'repository.none' if form_data['private'] else default

            repo_to_perm.permission_id = self.sa.query(Permission)\