mysqldump -uroot -p -t -n -c --skip-extended-insert --compact database_name blocks | sort > blocks.sql

mysqldump -uroot -p -t -n -c --skip-extended-inser --compact database_name blocks | sort > blocks.sql

A common Drupal problem: how to save e.g. your blocks configuration without dragging an X Gig database around. 

A simple command that dumps a table in a way that it can be inserted into SVN. 
Every row is dumped as a single line, and they are sorted. Minimising the differences.

This example dumps the data for blocks.

Store Drupal blockconfiguration in SVN.

svn, drupal

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