def load(self, filename, create_if_missing=True):
        filename = Path(filename)
        if not filename.exists() and create_if_missing:
            self.load_pip_requirements()
            with filename.open("w") as f:
                f.write(yaml.dump(self.serialized, default_flow_style=False,
                                  encoding=None))
            self.filename = filename
            return self.save(filename)
        with filename.open() as f:
            for group, requirements in yaml.load(f.read()).items():
                for requirement in requirements:
                    self[group].add(Requirement.coerce(requirement))
        self.filename = filename
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