def __before__(self):

        c.rhodecode_version = __version__

        c.rhodecode_name = config.get('rhodecode_title')

        c.ga_code = config.get('rhodecode_ga_code')

        c.repo_name = get_repo_slug(request)

        c.backends = BACKENDS.keys()

        self.cut_off_limit = int(config.get('cut_off_limit'))

        self.sa = meta.Session()

        self.scm_model = ScmModel(self.sa)

        c.cached_repo_list = self.scm_model.get_repos()

        #c.unread_journal = scm_model.get_unread_journal()

    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):

        """Invoke the Controller"""

        # WSGIController.__call__ dispatches to the Controller method

        # the request is routed to. This routing information is

        # available in environ['pylons.routes_dict']

        try:

            #putting this here makes sure that we update permissions every time

            api_key = request.GET.get('api_key')

            user_id = getattr(session.get('rhodecode_user'), 'user_id', None)

            self.rhodecode_user = c.rhodecode_user = AuthUser(user_id, api_key)

            self.rhodecode_user.set_authenticated(

                                        getattr(session.get('rhodecode_user'),

                                       'is_authenticated', False))

            session['rhodecode_user'] = self.rhodecode_user

            session.save()

            return WSGIController.__call__(self, environ, start_response)

        finally:

            meta.Session.remove()

class BaseRepoController(BaseController):

    """

    Base class for controllers responsible for loading all needed data

    for those controllers, loaded items are

    c.rhodecode_repo: instance of scm repository (taken from cache)

    """

    def __before__(self):

        super(BaseRepoController, self).__before__()

        if c.repo_name:

            c.rhodecode_repo, dbrepo = self.scm_model.get(c.repo_name,

                                                          retval='repo')

                c.repository_followers = self.scm_model.get_followers(c.repo_name)

                c.repository_forks = self.scm_model.get_forks(c.repo_name)

            else:

                c.repository_followers = 0

                c.repository_forks = 0

            raise

    def toggle_following_user(self, follow_user_id, user_id):

        f = self.sa.query(UserFollowing)\

            .filter(UserFollowing.follows_user_id == follow_user_id)\

            .filter(UserFollowing.user_id == user_id).scalar()

        if f is not None:

            try:

                self.sa.delete(f)

                self.sa.commit()

                return

            except:

                log.error(traceback.format_exc())

                self.sa.rollback()

                raise

        try:

            f = UserFollowing()

            f.user_id = user_id

            f.follows_user_id = follow_user_id

            self.sa.add(f)

            self.sa.commit()

        except:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            self.sa.rollback()

            raise

    def is_following_repo(self, repo_name, user_id, cache=False):

        r = self.sa.query(Repository)\

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

        f = self.sa.query(UserFollowing)\

            .filter(UserFollowing.follows_repository == r)\

            .filter(UserFollowing.user_id == user_id).scalar()

        return f is not None

    def is_following_user(self, username, user_id, cache=False):

        u = UserModel(self.sa).get_by_username(username)

        f = self.sa.query(UserFollowing)\

            .filter(UserFollowing.follows_user == u)\

            .filter(UserFollowing.user_id == user_id).scalar()

        return f is not None

    def get_followers(self, repo_id):

    def get_forks(self, repo_id):

                .filter(Repository.fork_id == repo_id).count()

    def pull_changes(self, repo_name, username):

        repo, dbrepo = self.get(repo_name, retval='all')

        try:

            extras = {'ip': '',

                      'username': username,

                      'action': 'push_remote',

                      'repository': repo_name}

            #inject ui extra param to log this action via push logger

            for k, v in extras.items():

                repo._repo.ui.setconfig('rhodecode_extras', k, v)

            repo.pull(dbrepo.clone_uri)

            self.mark_for_invalidation(repo_name)

        except:

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            raise

    def get_unread_journal(self):

        return self.sa.query(UserLog).count()

    def _should_invalidate(self, repo_name):

        """Looks up database for invalidation signals for this repo_name

        :param repo_name:

        """

        ret = self.sa.query(CacheInvalidation)\

            .filter(CacheInvalidation.cache_key == repo_name)\

            .filter(CacheInvalidation.cache_active == False)\

            .scalar()

        return ret

    def _mark_invalidated(self, cache_key):

        """ Marks all occurrences of cache to invalidation as already

        invalidated

        :param cache_key:

        """

        if cache_key:

            log.debug('marking %s as already invalidated', cache_key)

        try:

            cache_key.cache_active = True

            self.sa.add(cache_key)