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