logging.debug("buildfarm mode: create new jobs")
    if (len(config.get('repository-url')) == 0):
        logging.error("Error: No repository url specified")
        sys.exit(1)

    log_data = copy.deepcopy(all_log_data)
    log_data['is_buildfarm'] = True
    log_data['repository'] = config.get('repository-url')
    log_data['start_time'] = int(time.time())
    current_time = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S", time.localtime(log_data['start_time']))
    log_data['start_time_local'] = current_time

    # from here on, only one repository is possible
    # create a repository instance
    repository = Repository(config, database, config.get('repository-url'), config.get('cache-dir'))
    repository.handle_update(True, log_data)
    # from here on a local copy of the repository is available

    # create a list of all jobs
    jobs = []
    for branch in config.get('build-branch'):
        job = {}
        job['added_ts'] = int(time.time())
        job['repository'] = config.get('repository-url')
        job['repository_type'] = repository.repository_type
        job['branch'] = branch
        if (config.get('build-revision') == 'HEAD'):
            job['revision'] = repository.repository_head(repository.full_path, branch)
            job['is_head'] = True
        else:
            job['revision'] = config.get('build-revision')