def coerce(cls, string):
        """Create a :class:`Requirement` object from a given package spec."""
        match = re.match(cls.spec_regex, string)
        if not match:
            raise InvalidRequirementSpecError("could not parse requirement")
        package = match.group(1)
        if all(match.group(2, 3)):
            version = "".join(match.group(2, 3))
        else:
            version = None
        return cls(package, version)
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