diff --git a/database-seeds/scripts/mongoexp.sh b/database-seeds/scripts/mongoexp.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Exports data from a mongodb instance back to the collections
+# folder.
+# Useful for backporting updates, or something.
+
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" || exit
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: mongoexp.sh <collection> <dbname>";
+	exit
+fi
+
+mongoexport -d "$2" -c "$1" --jsonArray > ../collections/"$1".json
+
+node remove-_id.js
+node deterministic-collection-sort.js
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diff --git a/database-seeds/scripts/remove-_id.js b/database-seeds/scripts/remove-_id.js
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+const { IterateCollections } = require("./util");
+
+IterateCollections((data) => {
+	for (const d of data) {
+		delete d._id;
+	}
+
+	return data;
+});