old_contents: from couchdbkit import Document, Server, pushapps
  import os.path
  
  def init_from_config(config):
      """Initialize the database given a pylons config. This assumes the
      configuration format layed out on the wiki. This will only initialize the
      primary database.
  
      This prefixes the database name with test_ if we're running unit tests.
      """
      uri = config['couchdb.uri']
      dbname = config['couchdb.dbname']
  
      config['couchdb.db'] = init_db(uri, dbname)
      config['couchdb.fixtures'] = os.path.join(config['pylons.paths']['root'], "fixtures")
  
  def init_db(uri, dbname, main_db=True):
      """Returns a db object and syncs the design documents on demand.
      If main_db is set to true then all models will use that one by default.
      """
      server = Server(uri)
  
      db = server.get_or_create_db(dbname)
      if main_db:
          Document.set_db(db)
      return db
  
  def sync_design(db, path):
      """Synchronizes the design documents with the database passed in."""
      pushapps(path, db, force=true)
  
  def default_design_path(config):
      """Returns full path to the default design documents path, it's _design in
      the pylons root path
      """
      return os.path.join(config['pylons.paths']['root'], "_design")
  
  
new_contents: from couchdbkit import Document, Server, pushapps
  import os.path
  
  def init_from_config(config):
      """Initialize the database given a pylons config. This assumes the
      configuration format layed out on the wiki. This will only initialize the
      primary database.
  
      This prefixes the database name with test_ if we're running unit tests.
      """
      uri = config['couchdb.uri']
      dbname = config['couchdb.dbname']
  
      config['couchdb.db'] = init_db(uri, dbname)
      config['couchdb.fixtures'] = os.path.join(config['pylons.paths']['root'], "fixtures")
  
  def init_db(uri, dbname, main_db=True):
      """Returns a db object and syncs the design documents on demand.
      If main_db is set to true then all models will use that one by default.
      """
      server = Server(uri)
  
      db = server.get_or_create_db(dbname)
      if main_db:
          Document.set_db(db)
      return db
  
  def sync_design(db, path):
      """Synchronizes the design documents with the database passed in."""
      pushapps(path, db)
  
  def default_design_path(config):
      """Returns full path to the default design documents path, it's _design in
      the pylons root path
      """
      return os.path.join(config['pylons.paths']['root'], "_design")
  
  
subject: fix issue #60. spooted by @gmat thanks!