4 files changed, 61 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/commands/cli_migrate.py b/src/mailman/commands/cli_migrate.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6593ea832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mailman/commands/cli_migrate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2014 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Mailman.
+#
+# GNU Mailman is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Mailman is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+# more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# GNU Mailman.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""bin/mailman migrate."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+__all__ = [
+    'Migrate',
+]
+
+from alembic import command
+from alembic.config import Config
+from zope.interface import implementer
+
+from mailman.config import config
+from mailman.core.i18n import _
+from mailman.interfaces.command import ICLISubCommand
+
+
+@implementer(ICLISubCommand)
+class Migrate:
+    """Migrate the mailman database to the schema."""
+
+    name = 'migrate'
+
+    def add(self, parser, comman_parser):
+        """See `ICLISubCommand`."""
+        pass
+
+    def process(self, args):
+        alembic_cfg= Config()
+        alembic_cfg.set_main_option(
+            "script_location", config.alembic['script_location'])
+        command.upgrade(alembic_cfg, "head")
+        print("Updated the database schema.")
diff --git a/src/mailman/config/schema.cfg b/src/mailman/config/schema.cfg
index d7508a533..23382721c 100644
--- a/src/mailman/config/schema.cfg
+++ b/src/mailman/config/schema.cfg
@@ -640,3 +640,6 @@ rewrite_duplicate_headers:
     CC X-Original-CC
     Content-Transfer-Encoding X-Original-Content-Transfer-Encoding
     MIME-Version X-MIME-Version
+
+[alembic]
+script_location:  src/mailman/database/alembic
diff --git a/src/mailman/database/alembic/__init__.py b/src/mailman/database/alembic/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mailman/database/alembic/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/mailman/database/alembic/env.py b/src/mailman/database/alembic/env.py
index 68d967b7e..002b11aa1 100644
--- a/src/mailman/database/alembic/env.py
+++ b/src/mailman/database/alembic/env.py
@@ -18,30 +18,15 @@
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
 from alembic import context
+from alembic.config import Config
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, pool
 from logging.config import fileConfig
 
 from mailman.config import config
 from mailman.utilities.string import expand
+from mailman.database.model import Model
 
-# this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
-# access to the values within the .ini file in use.
-alembic_config = context.config
-
-# Interpret the config file for Python logging.
-# This line sets up loggers basically.
-fileConfig(alembic_config.config_file_name)
-
-# add your model's MetaData object here
-# for 'autogenerate' support
-# from myapp import mymodel
-# target_metadata = mymodel.Base.metadata
-target_metadata = None
-
-# other values from the config, defined by the needs of env.py,
-# can be acquired:
-# my_important_option = config.get_main_option("my_important_option")
-# ... etc.
+target_metadata = Model.metadata
 
 
 def run_migrations_offline():
@@ -70,6 +55,10 @@ def run_migrations_online():
     and associate a connection with the context.
 
     """
+    alembic_cfg= Config()
+    alembic_cfg.set_main_option(
+        "script_location", config.alembic['script_location'])
+
     url = expand(config.database.url, config.paths)
     engine = create_engine(url)
     connection = engine.connect()