pacman hook to update the default chrome desktop entry with custom profiles

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pacman hook to update the default chrome desktop entry with custom profiles

To see the available profiles run:

cat ~/.config/google-chrome/Local\ State  | jq .profile

Paste the hook in /etc/pacman.d/hooks/google-chrome-shortcut-patch.hook

google-chrome-shortcut-patch.hook

[Trigger]
Type = Package
Operation = Install
Operation = Upgrade
Target = google-chrome

[Action]
Description = Patching Chrome desktop shortcut...
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /usr/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/sainAk/985999aae6390e64410ec397e84f60fd/raw/google-chrome.desktop | tee /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop"

google-chrome.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Google Chrome
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Access the Internet
StartupWMClass=Google-chrome
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --profile-directory="Default" %U
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Icon=google-chrome
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=application/pdf;application/rdf+xml;application/rss+xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xhtml_xml;application/xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;image/webp;text/html;text/xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
Actions=new-window-picker;new-window-personal;new-window-blank;new-private-window;

[Desktop Action new-window-picker]
Name=New Window Picker
StartupWMClass=Google-chrome
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U

[Desktop Action new-window-personal]
Name=Personal
StartupWMClass=Google-chrome
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --profile-directory="Default"

[Desktop Action new-window-blank]
Name=blank
StartupWMClass=Google-chrome
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --profile-directory="Profile 3"

[Desktop Action new-private-window]
Name=New Incognito Window
StartupWMClass=Google-chrome
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --incognito