def _update_path(self):
        if self.public:
            self.path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.config['public_path'], self.name))
            self.url = "%s%s/" % (self.config['public_url'], self.name)
        else:
            self.path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.config['private_path'], self.name))
            self.url = "%s%s/" % (self.config['private_url'], self.name)
Determine where the repository is. It is called in __init__ and sets 
dataset/ETHPy150Open washingtontimes/django-repositories/repositories/vcs/base.py/BaseVCS._update_path