diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/baseui_config.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/baseui_config.py
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+from mercurial import ui, config
+
+
+def make_ui(self, path='hgwebdir.config'):
+    """
+    A funcion that will read python rc files and make an ui from read options
+
+    :param path: path to mercurial config file
+    """
+    #propagated from mercurial documentation
+    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',
+                ]
+
+    repos = path
+    baseui = ui.ui()
+    cfg = config.config()
+    cfg.read(repos)
+    self.paths = cfg.items('paths')
+    self.base_path = self.paths[0][1].replace('*', '')
+    self.check_repo_dir(self.paths)
+    self.set_statics(cfg)
+
+    for section in sections:
+        for k, v in cfg.items(section):
+            baseui.setconfig(section, k, v)
+
+    return baseui