:param path: path to scan for repositories

    :param recursive: recursive search and return names with subdirs in front

    """

    # remove ending slash for better results

    path = path.rstrip(os.sep)

    log.debug('now scanning in %s location recursive:%s...', path, recursive)

    def _get_repos(p):

        if not os.access(p, os.R_OK) or not os.access(p, os.X_OK):

            log.warning('ignoring repo path without access: %s', p)

            return

        if not os.access(p, os.W_OK):

            log.warning('repo path without write access: %s', p)

        for dirpath in os.listdir(p):

            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(p, dirpath)):

                continue

            cur_path = os.path.join(p, dirpath)

            # skip removed repos

            if skip_removed_repos and REMOVED_REPO_PAT.match(dirpath):

                continue

            if dirpath.startswith('.'):

                continue

            try:

                scm_info = get_scm(cur_path)

                yield scm_info[1].split(path, 1)[-1].lstrip(os.sep), scm_info

            except VCSError:

                if not recursive:

                    continue

                #check if this dir contains other repos for recursive scan

                rec_path = os.path.join(p, dirpath)

                if not os.path.islink(rec_path) and os.path.isdir(rec_path):

                    for inner_scm in _get_repos(rec_path):

                        yield inner_scm

    return _get_repos(path)

def is_valid_repo(repo_name, base_path, scm=None):

    """

    Returns True if given path is a valid repository False otherwise.

    If scm param is given also compare if given scm is the same as expected

    from scm parameter