Mysqldumper: Dumping each table separately

Question

How can I dump each mysql table separately with mysqldump?

Background: I want to track those dumps with git and using the pre-commit hook

Example: I have a s

Answer 1

This should work in a shell:

for x in `mysql --skip-column-names -u [username] -p[password] [dbname] -e 'show tables;'`; do
     mysqldump -u [username] -p[password] [db name] $x > "$x.sql"
done