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 db_version_control(engine, abs_path, version=None):
    """Mark a database as under this repository's version control.

    Once a database is under version control, schema changes should
    only be done via change scripts in this repository.

    :param engine:  SQLAlchemy engine instance for a given database
    :param abs_path: Absolute path to migrate repository
    :param version:  Initial database version
    """
    repository = _find_migrate_repo(abs_path)
    versioning_api.version_control(engine, repository, version)
    return version