diff --git a/share/functions/export.fish b/share/functions/export.fish
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+function export --description 'Set global variable. Alias for set -g, made for bash compatibility'
+        if test -z "$argv"
+           set
+           return 0
+        end
+        for arg in $argv
+            set -l v (echo $arg|tr '=' \n)
+            set -l c (count $v)
+            switch $c
+                    case 1
+                            set -gx $v $$v
+                    case 2
+                            set -gx $v[1] $v[2]
+            end
+        end
+end