diff --git a/rhodecode/__init__.py b/rhodecode/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/__init__.py
@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@ def get_version():
     Returns shorter version (digit parts only) as string.
     """
     return '.'.join((str(each) for each in VERSION[:3]))
+
+BACKENDS = {
+    'hg': 'Mercurial repository',
+   #'git': 'Git repository',
+}