:param replace: char to find and replace multiple instances

    Examples::

    >>> recursive_replace("Mighty---Mighty-Bo--sstones",'-')

    'Mighty-Mighty-Bo-sstones'

    """

    if str_.find(replace * 2) == -1:

        return str_

    else:

        str_ = str_.replace(replace * 2, replace)

        return recursive_replace(str_, replace)

def repo_name_slug(value):

    """

    Return slug of name of repository

    This function is called on each creation/modification

    of repository to prevent bad names in repo

    """

    slug = remove_formatting(value)

    slug = strip_tags(slug)

        slug = slug.replace(c, '-')

    slug = recursive_replace(slug, '-')

    slug = collapse(slug, '-')

    return slug

def get_repo_slug(request):

    _repo = request.environ['pylons.routes_dict'].get('repo_name')

    if _repo:

        _repo = _repo.rstrip('/')

    return _repo

def get_repos_group_slug(request):

    _group = request.environ['pylons.routes_dict'].get('group_name')

    if _group:

        _group = _group.rstrip('/')

    return _group

def action_logger(user, action, repo, ipaddr='', sa=None, commit=False):

    """

    Action logger for various actions made by users