baseui=self._ui)

            # skip hidden web repository

            if repo._get_hidden():

                return

        else:

            repo = backend(repo_full_path, create=False)

        return repo

class RepoGroup(Base, BaseModel):

    __tablename__ = 'groups'

    __table_args__ = (

        UniqueConstraint('group_name', 'group_parent_id'),

        CheckConstraint('group_id != group_parent_id'),

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

         'mysql_charset': 'utf8'},

    )

    __mapper_args__ = {'order_by': 'group_name'}

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

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

    group_parent_id = Column("group_parent_id", Integer(), ForeignKey('groups.group_id'), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

    group_description = Column("group_description", String(10000, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)

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

    user_id = Column("user_id", Integer(), ForeignKey('users.user_id'), nullable=False, unique=False, default=None)

    repo_group_to_perm = relationship('UserRepoGroupToPerm', cascade='all', order_by='UserRepoGroupToPerm.group_to_perm_id')

    users_group_to_perm = relationship('UserGroupRepoGroupToPerm', cascade='all')

    parent_group = relationship('RepoGroup', remote_side=group_id)

    user = relationship('User')

    def __init__(self, group_name='', parent_group=None):

        self.group_name = group_name

        self.parent_group = parent_group

    def __unicode__(self):

        return u"<%s('id:%s:%s')>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.group_id,

                                      self.group_name)

    @classmethod

    def groups_choices(cls, groups=None, show_empty_group=True):

        from webhelpers.html import literal as _literal

        if not groups:

            groups = cls.query().all()

        repo_groups = []

        if show_empty_group:

        sep = ' » '

        _name = lambda k: _literal(sep.join(k))

        repo_groups.extend([(x.group_id, _name(x.full_path_splitted))

                              for x in groups])

        repo_groups = sorted(repo_groups, key=lambda t: t[1].split(sep)[0])

        return repo_groups

    @classmethod

    def url_sep(cls):

        return URL_SEP

    @classmethod

    def get_by_group_name(cls, group_name, cache=False, case_insensitive=False):

        if case_insensitive:

            gr = cls.query()\

                .filter(cls.group_name.ilike(group_name))

        else:

            gr = cls.query()\

                .filter(cls.group_name == group_name)

        if cache:

            gr = gr.options(FromCache(

                            "sql_cache_short",

                            "get_group_%s" % _hash_key(group_name)

                            )

            )

        return gr.scalar()

    @property

    def parents(self):

        parents_recursion_limit = 5

        groups = []

        if self.parent_group is None:

            return groups

        cur_gr = self.parent_group

        groups.insert(0, cur_gr)

        cnt = 0

        while 1:

            cnt += 1

            gr = getattr(cur_gr, 'parent_group', None)

            cur_gr = cur_gr.parent_group

            if gr is None:

                break

            if cnt == parents_recursion_limit:

                # this will prevent accidental infinit loops

                log.error('group nested more than %s' %

                          parents_recursion_limit)