steam

#!/bin/sh

# this wrapper stops steam from polluting $HOME
# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/1890#issuecomment-1693548157

FAKEHOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME"/Steam/garbage

# Symlink a file to the fake home
link_dir() {
	# Replace HOME with FAKEHOME in the link name
	link_name=$(echo "$1" | sed "s|^$HOME|$FAKEHOME|")
	link_dir=$(dirname "$link_name")

	# Creates the link's parent directory and symlinks it
	mkdir -p "$link_dir"
	[ ! -d "$link_name" ] && ln -s "$1" "$link_name"
}

mkdir -p "$FAKEHOME"

link_dir "$XDG_DATA_HOME"   # ~/.local/share
link_dir "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"  # ~/.cache
link_dir "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" # ~/.config
link_dir "$HOME"/.icons     # ~/.icons (lxappearance's mouse cursor theme)

# If .steam exists in ~/ and not in the fake home, move it to the fake home
[ -d "$HOME"/.steam ] && [ ! -d "$FAKEHOME"/.steam ] && mv "$HOME"/.steam "$FAKEHOME"/

HOME="$FAKEHOME" exec /usr/bin/steam "$@"