--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/paster_commands/ishell.py	Thu Apr 04 02:13:43 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    rhodecode.lib.paster_commands.ishell
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    interactive shell paster command for RhodeCode
+
+
+    :created_on: Apr 4, 2013
+    :author: marcink
+    :copyright: (C) 2010-2013 Marcin Kuzminski <marcin@python-works.com>
+    :license: GPLv3, see COPYING for more details.
+"""
+# 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+import os
+import sys
+import logging
+
+from os.path import dirname as dn, join as jn
+#to get the rhodecode import
+rc_path = dn(dn(dn(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
+sys.path.append(rc_path)
+from rhodecode.lib.utils import BasePasterCommand
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Command(BasePasterCommand):
+
+    max_args = 1
+    min_args = 1
+
+    usage = "CONFIG_FILE"
+    group_name = "RhodeCode"
+    takes_config_file = -1
+    parser = BasePasterCommand.standard_parser(verbose=True)
+    summary = "Interactive shell"
+
+    def command(self):
+        #get SqlAlchemy session
+        self._init_session()
+
+        # imports, used in ipython shell
+        import os
+        import sys
+        import time
+        import shutil
+        import datetime
+        from rhodecode.model.db import *
+
+        try:
+            from IPython import embed
+            from IPython.config.loader import Config
+            cfg = Config()
+            cfg.InteractiveShellEmbed.confirm_exit = False
+            embed(config=cfg, banner1="RhodeCode IShell.")
+        except ImportError:
+            print 'ipython installation required for ishell'
+            sys.exit(-1)
+
+    def update_parser(self):
+        pass

--- a/setup.py	Wed Apr 03 15:56:12 2013 +0200
+++ b/setup.py	Thu Apr 04 02:13:43 2013 +0200
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
     make-rcext=rhodecode.lib.paster_commands.make_rcextensions:Command
     repo-scan=rhodecode.lib.paster_commands.repo_scan:Command
     cache-keys=rhodecode.lib.paster_commands.cache_keys:Command
+    ishell=rhodecode.lib.paster_commands.ishell:Command
     make-index=rhodecode.lib.indexers:MakeIndex
     upgrade-db=rhodecode.lib.dbmigrate:UpgradeDb
     celeryd=rhodecode.lib.celerypylons.commands:CeleryDaemonCommand