Drupal 8.0.0 beta 12. More info: https://www.drupal.org/node/2514176

core/scripts/dump-database-d8-mysql.php

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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+use Drupal\Core\Command\DbDumpApplication;
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
+use Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel;
+use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
+  return;
+}
+
+// Bootstrap.
+$autoloader = require __DIR__ . '/../../autoload.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../includes/bootstrap.inc';
+$request = Request::createFromGlobals();
+Settings::initialize(dirname(dirname(__DIR__)), DrupalKernel::findSitePath($request), $autoloader);
+$kernel = DrupalKernel::createFromRequest($request, $autoloader, 'prod')->boot();
+
+// Run the database dump command.
+$application = new DbDumpApplication(Database::getConnection(), \Drupal::moduleHandler());
+$application->run();