def _create_repo(self,
                     repo_name,
                     repo_type,
                     description,
                     owner,
                     private=False,
                     clone_uri=None,
                     repo_group=None,
                     landing_rev='rev:tip',
                     fork_of=None,
                     copy_fork_permissions=False,
                     enable_statistics=False,
                     enable_locking=False,
                     enable_downloads=False,
                     copy_group_permissions=False,
                     state=Repository.STATE_PENDING):
        """
        Create repository inside database with PENDING state, this should be
        only executed by create() repo. With exception of importing existing
        repos
        """
        from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel

        owner = self._get_user(owner)
        fork_of = self._get_repo(fork_of)
        repo_group = self._get_repo_group(safe_int(repo_group))

        try:
            repo_name = safe_unicode(repo_name)
            description = safe_unicode(description)
            # repo name is just a name of repository
            # while repo_name_full is a full qualified name that is combined
            # with name and path of group
            repo_name_full = repo_name
            repo_name = repo_name.split(Repository.NAME_SEP)[-1]

            new_repo = Repository()
            new_repo.repo_state = state
            new_repo.enable_statistics = False
            new_repo.repo_name = repo_name_full
            new_repo.repo_type = repo_type
            new_repo.user = owner
            new_repo.group = repo_group
            new_repo.description = description or repo_name
            new_repo.private = private
            new_repo.clone_uri = clone_uri
            new_repo.landing_rev = landing_rev

            new_repo.enable_statistics = enable_statistics
            new_repo.enable_locking = enable_locking
            new_repo.enable_downloads = enable_downloads

            if repo_group:
                new_repo.enable_locking = repo_group.enable_locking

            if fork_of:
                parent_repo = fork_of
                new_repo.fork = parent_repo

            self.sa.add(new_repo)

            EMPTY_PERM = 'repository.none'
            if fork_of and copy_fork_permissions:
                repo = fork_of
                user_perms = UserRepoToPerm.query() \
                    .filter(UserRepoToPerm.repository == repo).all()
                group_perms = UserGroupRepoToPerm.query() \
                    .filter(UserGroupRepoToPerm.repository == repo).all()

                for perm in user_perms:
                    UserRepoToPerm.create(perm.user, new_repo, perm.permission)

                for perm in group_perms:
                    UserGroupRepoToPerm.create(perm.users_group, new_repo,
                                               perm.permission)
                # in case we copy permissions and also set this repo to private
                # override the default user permission to make it a private
                # repo
                if private:
                    RepoModel(self.sa).grant_user_permission(
                        repo=new_repo, user=User.DEFAULT_USER, perm=EMPTY_PERM)

            elif repo_group and copy_group_permissions:
                user_perms = UserRepoGroupToPerm.query() \
                    .filter(UserRepoGroupToPerm.group == repo_group).all()

                group_perms = UserGroupRepoGroupToPerm.query() \
                    .filter(UserGroupRepoGroupToPerm.group == repo_group).all()

                for perm in user_perms:
                    perm_name = perm.permission.permission_name.replace(
                        'group.', 'repository.')
                    perm_obj = Permission.get_by_key(perm_name)
                    UserRepoToPerm.create(perm.user, new_repo, perm_obj)

                for perm in group_perms:
                    perm_name = perm.permission.permission_name.replace(
                        'group.', 'repository.')
                    perm_obj = Permission.get_by_key(perm_name)
                    UserGroupRepoToPerm.create(perm.users_group, new_repo,
                                               perm_obj)

                if private:
                    RepoModel(self.sa).grant_user_permission(
                        repo=new_repo, user=User.DEFAULT_USER, perm=EMPTY_PERM)

            else:
                perm_obj = self._create_default_perms(new_repo, private)
                self.sa.add(perm_obj)

            # now automatically start following this repository as owner
            ScmModel(self.sa).toggle_following_repo(new_repo.repo_id,
                                                    owner.user_id)
            # we need to flush here, in order to check if database won't
            # throw any exceptions, create filesystem dirs at the very end
            self.sa.flush()

            return new_repo
        except Exception:
            log.error(traceback.format_exc())
            raise