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+# Copyright
+
+"""
+Tools for getting, setting, creating, and parsing the user's id.  For
+example,
+  'John Doe <jdoe@example.com>'
+Note that the Arch VCS backend *enforces* ids with this format.
+"""
+
+import libbe.storage.util.config
+
+def _get_fallback_username(self):
+    name = None
+    for env in ["LOGNAME", "USERNAME"]:
+        if os.environ.has_key(env):
+            name = os.environ[env]
+            break
+    assert name != None
+    return name
+
+def _get_fallback_email(self):
+    hostname = gethostname()
+    name = _get_fallback_username()
+    return "%s@%s" % (name, hostname)
+
+def create_user_id(self, name, email=None):
+    """
+    >>> create_id("John Doe", "jdoe@example.com")
+    'John Doe <jdoe@example.com>'
+    >>> create_id("John Doe")
+    'John Doe'
+    """
+    assert len(name) > 0
+    if email == None or len(email) == 0:
+        return name
+    else:
+        return "%s <%s>" % (name, email)
+
+def parse_user_id(self, value):
+    """
+    >>> parse_id("John Doe <jdoe@example.com>")
+    ('John Doe', 'jdoe@example.com')
+    >>> parse_id("John Doe")
+    ('John Doe', None)
+    >>> try:
+    ...     parse_id("John Doe <jdoe@example.com><what?>")
+    ... except AssertionError:
+    ...     print "Invalid match"
+    Invalid match
+    """
+    emailexp = re.compile("(.*) <([^>]*)>(.*)")
+    match = emailexp.search(value)
+    if match == None:
+        email = None
+        name = value
+    else:
+        assert len(match.groups()) == 3
+        assert match.groups()[2] == "", match.groups()
+        email = match.groups()[1]
+        name = match.groups()[0]
+    assert name != None
+    assert len(name) > 0
+    return (name, email)
+
+def get_user_id(self, storage=None):
+    """
+    Sometimes the storage will also keep track of the user id (e.g. most VCSs).
+    """
+    user = libbe.storage.util.config.get_val('user')
+    if user != None:
+        return user
+    if storage != None and hasattr(storage, 'get_user_id'):
+        user = vcs.get_user_id()
+        if user != None:
+            return user
+    name = _get_fallback_username()
+    email = _get_fallback_email()
+    user = _create_user_id(name, email)
+    return user
+
+def set_user_id(self, user_id):
+    """
+    """
+    user = libbe.storage.util.config.set_val('user', user_id)