def load(self, requirements_file=None):
        """Load or reload requirements from a requirements.txt file.

        :param requirements_file: if not given, the filename used from
            initialization will be read again.
        """
        if requirements_file is None:
            requirements_file = self.filename
            if requirements_file is None:
                raise ValueError("no filename provided")
        elif isinstance(requirements_file, text_type):
            requirements_file = Path(requirements_file)
        self.clear()
        with requirements_file.open() as f:
            self.loads(f.read())

        if isinstance(requirements_file, (text_type, Path)):
            self.filename = requirements_file
def get_git_version(self):
        VERSION_PFX = 'git version '
        version = self.run_command(
            ['version'], show_stdout=False, stdout_only=True
        )
        if version.startswith(VERSION_PFX):
            version = version[len(VERSION_PFX):].split()[0]
        else:
            version = ''
        # get first 3 positions of the git version because
        # on windows it is x.y.z.windows.t, and this parses as
        # LegacyVersion which always smaller than a Version.
        version = '.'.join(version.split('.')[:3])
        return parse_version(version)