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

mysqldump -t -u [username] -p test mytable

will dump the table 'mytable' from the database 'test'.

If you want to automate the procedure, you will need to write a script, that selects the table_names from the schema for you and apply the operation above for each table. You can automate the git operations as well.