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+# Copyright (C) 2015 SUSE Linux Products GmbH
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+import os
+import operator
+import re
+
+from osc import conf
+
+
+DEFAULT = {
+    r'openSUSE:(?P<project>[-\w\d]+)': {
+        'staging': 'openSUSE:%(project)s:Staging',
+        'lock': 'openSUSE:%(project)s:Staging',
+    },
+    r'SUSE:(?P<project>[-\w\d]+)': {
+        'staging': 'SUSE:%(project)s:GA:Staging',
+        'lock': 'SUSE:%(project)s:GA:Staging',
+    }
+}
+
+#
+# You can overwrite the DEFAULT in the configuration file (~/.oscrc).
+# For example, to change the Factory layout you need to add a new
+# section like this:
+#
+# [openSUSE:Factory]
+#
+# staging = openSUSE:Factory:Staging
+# lock = openSUSE:Factory:Staging
+#
+
+
+class Config(object):
+    """Helper class to configuration file."""
+
+    def __init__(self, project):
+        self.project = project
+
+        conf_file = os.environ.get('OSC_CONFIG', '~/.oscrc')
+        self.conf_file = os.path.expanduser(conf_file)
+
+        # Populate the configuration dictionary
+        conf.get_config()
+        self.populate_conf()
+
+    @property
+    def conf(self):
+        return conf
+
+    def populate_conf(self):
+        """Add sane default into the configuration."""
+        defaults = {}
+        for prj_pattern in DEFAULT:
+            match = re.match(prj_pattern, self.project)
+            if match:
+                project = match.group('project')
+                defaults = {
+                    k: v % {'project': project} for k, v in DEFAULT[prj_pattern].items() if v
+                }
+                break
+
+        # Update the configuration, only when it is necessary
+        conf.config[self.project] = self.read_section(self.project, defaults)
+
+        # Take the common parameters and check that are there
+        params = [set(d) for d in DEFAULT.values()]
+        params = reduce(operator.__and__, params)
+        if not all(p in conf.config[self.project] for p in params):
+            msg = 'Please, add [%s] section in %s' % (self.project, self.conf_file)
+            raise Exception(msg)
+
+    def read_section(self, section, defaults):
+        """OSC parser is a bit buggy. Re-read the configuration file to find
+        extra sections.
+
+        """
+        cp = ConfigParser(defaults=defaults)
+        cp.read(self.conf_file)
+        if cp.has_section(section):
+            return dict(cp.items(section))
+        else:
+            return defaults