Raises HTTPBadRequest if the request environment doesn't look like a hg client.

        """

        mapping = {'unbundle': 'push',

                   'pushkey': 'push'}

        for qry in environ['QUERY_STRING'].split('&'):

            if qry.startswith('cmd'):

                cmd = qry.split('=')[-1]

                return mapping.get(cmd, 'pull')

        # Note: the client doesn't get the helpful error message

        raise HTTPBadRequest('Unable to detect pull/push action! Are you using non standard command or client?')

    def __inject_extras(self, repo_path, baseui, extras=None):

        """

        Injects some extra params into baseui instance

        also overwrites global settings with those takes from local hgrc file

        :param baseui: baseui instance

        :param extras: dict with extra params to put into baseui

        """

        hgrc = os.path.join(repo_path, '.hg', 'hgrc')

        if repoui:

            #overwrite our ui instance with the section from hgrc file

            for section in ui_sections:

                for k, v in repoui.configitems(section):

                    baseui.setconfig(section, k, v)

        _set_extras(extras or {})

        return False

    except VCSError:

        pass

    # check if it's a valid path

    if skip_path_check or os.path.isdir(full_path):

        return True

    return False

#propagated from mercurial documentation

ui_sections = ['alias', 'auth',

                'decode/encode', 'defaults',

                'diff', 'email',

                'extensions', 'format',

                'merge-patterns', 'merge-tools',

                'hooks', 'http_proxy',

                'smtp', 'patch',

                'paths', 'profiling',

                'server', 'trusted',

                'ui', 'web', ]

    """

    A function that will read python rc files or database

    and make an mercurial ui object from read options

    :param path: path to mercurial config file

    :param read_from: read from 'file' or 'db'

    """

    baseui = ui.ui()

    # clean the baseui object

    baseui._ocfg = config.config()

    baseui._ucfg = config.config()

    baseui._tcfg = config.config()

    if read_from == 'file':

        if not os.path.isfile(path):

            log.debug('hgrc file is not present at %s, skipping...', path)

            return False

        log.debug('reading hgrc from %s', path)

        cfg = config.config()

        cfg.read(path)

        for section in ui_sections:

            for k, v in cfg.items(section):

                log.debug('settings ui from file: [%s] %s=%s', section, k, v)

                baseui.setconfig(safe_str(section), safe_str(k), safe_str(v))

    elif read_from == 'db':

        sa = meta.Session()