diff -r 57b4279d8c4e -r 03e267d67478 app/django/core/management/commands/dumpdata.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/app/django/core/management/commands/dumpdata.py	Fri Jul 18 18:22:23 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core import serializers
+
+from optparse import make_option
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option('--format', default='json', dest='format',
+            help='Specifies the output serialization format for fixtures.'),
+        make_option('--indent', default=None, dest='indent', type='int',
+            help='Specifies the indent level to use when pretty-printing output'),
+    )
+    help = 'Output the contents of the database as a fixture of the given format.'
+    args = '[appname ...]'
+
+    def handle(self, *app_labels, **options):
+        from django.db.models import get_app, get_apps, get_models
+
+        format = options.get('format', 'json')
+        indent = options.get('indent', None)
+        show_traceback = options.get('traceback', False)
+
+        if len(app_labels) == 0:
+            app_list = get_apps()
+        else:
+            app_list = [get_app(app_label) for app_label in app_labels]
+
+        # Check that the serialization format exists; this is a shortcut to
+        # avoid collating all the objects and _then_ failing.
+        if format not in serializers.get_public_serializer_formats():
+            raise CommandError("Unknown serialization format: %s" % format)
+
+        try:
+            serializers.get_serializer(format)
+        except KeyError:
+            raise CommandError("Unknown serialization format: %s" % format)
+
+        objects = []
+        for app in app_list:
+            for model in get_models(app):
+                objects.extend(model._default_manager.all())
+        try:
+            return serializers.serialize(format, objects, indent=indent)
+        except Exception, e:
+            if show_traceback:
+                raise
+            raise CommandError("Unable to serialize database: %s" % e)