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+'''
+Add default tag category
+
+Revision ID: 5f00af3004a4
+Created at: 2017-02-02 20:06:13.336380
+'''
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy.ext.declarative
+import sqlalchemy.orm.session
+
+
+revision = '5f00af3004a4'
+down_revision = '9837fc981ec7'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+Base = sa.ext.declarative.declarative_base()
+
+
+class TagCategory(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'tag_category'
+    __table_args__ = {'extend_existing': True}
+
+    tag_category_id = sa.Column('id', sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    version = sa.Column('version', sa.Integer, nullable=False)
+    name = sa.Column('name', sa.Unicode(32), nullable=False)
+    color = sa.Column('color', sa.Unicode(32), nullable=False)
+    default = sa.Column('default', sa.Boolean, nullable=False)
+
+    __mapper_args__ = {
+        'version_id_col': version,
+        'version_id_generator': False,
+    }
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    session = sa.orm.session.Session(bind=op.get_bind())
+    if session.query(TagCategory).count() == 0:
+        category = TagCategory()
+        category.name = 'default'
+        category.color = 'default'
+        category.version = 1
+        category.default = True
+        session.add(category)
+    session.commit()
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    session = sa.orm.session.Session(bind=op.get_bind())
+    default_category = session \
+        .query(TagCategory) \
+        .filter(TagCategory.name == 'default') \
+        .filter(TagCategory.color == 'default') \
+        .filter(TagCategory.version == 1) \
+        .filter(TagCategory.default == True) \
+        .one_or_none()
+    if default_category:
+        session.delete(default_category)
+    session.commit()