# last element is repo in nested groups structure

    groups = groups[:-1]

    rgm = ReposGroupModel(sa)

    for lvl, group_name in enumerate(groups):

        group_name = '/'.join(groups[:lvl] + [group_name])

        group = RepoGroup.get_by_group_name(group_name)

        desc = '%s group' % group_name

        # skip folders that are now removed repos

        if REMOVED_REPO_PAT.match(group_name):

            break

        if group is None:

            log.debug('creating group level: %s group_name: %s' % (lvl,

                                                                   group_name))

            group = RepoGroup(group_name, parent)

            group.group_description = desc

            sa.add(group)

            rgm._create_default_perms(group)

            sa.flush()

        parent = group

    return group

    """

    maps all repos given in initial_repo_list, non existing repositories

    are created, if remove_obsolete is True it also check for db entries

    that are not in initial_repo_list and removes them.

    :param initial_repo_list: list of repositories found by scanning methods

    :param remove_obsolete: check for obsolete entries in database

    """

    from rhodecode.model.repo import RepoModel

    sa = meta.Session()

    rm = RepoModel()

    user = sa.query(User).filter(User.admin == True).first()

    if user is None:

        raise Exception('Missing administrative account !')

    added = []

    for name, repo in initial_repo_list.items():

        group = map_groups(name)

            log.info('repository %s not found creating now' % name)

            added.append(name)

            desc = (repo.description

                    if repo.description != 'unknown'

                    else '%s repository' % name)

            rm.create_repo(

                repo_name=name,

                repo_type=repo.alias,

                description=desc,

                repos_group=getattr(group, 'group_id', None),

                owner=user,

                just_db=True

            )

    sa.commit()

    removed = []

    if remove_obsolete:

        # remove from database those repositories that are not in the filesystem

        for repo in sa.query(Repository).all():

            if repo.repo_name not in initial_repo_list.keys():

                log.debug("Removing non existing repository found in db %s" %

                          repo.repo_name)

                sa.delete(repo)

                sa.commit()

    # clear cache keys

    log.debug("Clearing cache keys now...")

    CacheInvalidation.clear_cache()

    sa.commit()

    return added, removed

# set cache regions for beaker so celery can utilise it

def add_cache(settings):

    cache_settings = {'regions': None}

    for key in settings.keys():

        for prefix in ['beaker.cache.', 'cache.']:

            if key.startswith(prefix):

                name = key.split(prefix)[1].strip()

                cache_settings[name] = settings[key].strip()

    if cache_settings['regions']:

        for region in cache_settings['regions'].split(','):

            region = region.strip()

            region_settings = {}

            for key, value in cache_settings.items():

                if key.startswith(region):

                    region_settings[key.split('.')[1]] = value

            region_settings['expire'] = int(region_settings.get('expire',