diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
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+import os
+import tempfile
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.paths import get_user_home
+
+abspath = lambda * p: os.path.abspath(os.path.join(*p))
+
+VCSRC_PATH = os.environ.get('VCSRC_PATH')
+
+if not VCSRC_PATH:
+    HOME_ = get_user_home()
+    if not HOME_:
+        HOME_ = tempfile.gettempdir()
+
+VCSRC_PATH = VCSRC_PATH or abspath(HOME_, '.vcsrc')
+if os.path.isdir(VCSRC_PATH):
+    VCSRC_PATH = os.path.join(VCSRC_PATH, '__init__.py')
+
+BACKENDS = {
+    'hg': 'vcs.backends.hg.MercurialRepository',
+    'git': 'vcs.backends.git.GitRepository',
+}
+
+ARCHIVE_SPECS = {
+    'tar': ('application/x-tar', '.tar'),
+    'tbz2': ('application/x-bzip2', '.tar.bz2'),
+    'tgz': ('application/x-gzip', '.tar.gz'),
+    'zip': ('application/zip', '.zip'),
+}
+
+BACKENDS = {
+    'hg': 'rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.hg.MercurialRepository',
+    'git': 'rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.git.GitRepository',
+}