From ba6a8c2da55df8da408ba7b26e8d9203d99eee92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Crockett <contact@philcrockett.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:38:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] support XDG standard, search for chrome and chromium DBs

---
 bin/export_browser_history.sh | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/export_browser_history.sh b/bin/export_browser_history.sh
index e650d928..6aa8f4d5 100755
--- a/bin/export_browser_history.sh
+++ b/bin/export_browser_history.sh
@@ -43,9 +43,21 @@ find_firefox_places_db() {
     fi
 }
 
-get_chrome_history_db() {
+find_chrome_history_db() {
     if is_linux; then
-        echo ~/.config/chromium/Default/History
+        local config_home="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}"
+        for path in \
+            "${config_home}/chromium/Default/History" \
+            "${config_home}/google-chrome/Default/History";
+        do
+            if [ -f "${path}" ]; then
+                echo "${path}"
+                return
+            fi
+        done
+
+        echo "Unable to find Chrome history database. You can supply it manually as a second parameter." >&2
+        exit 1
     else
         echo ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History
     fi
@@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ export_chrome() {
     if [[ -e "$2" ]]; then
         cp "$2" "$OUTPUT_DIR/chrome_history.db.tmp"
     else
-        default="$(get_chrome_history_db)"
+        default="$(find_chrome_history_db)"
         echo "Defaulting to history db: $default"
         echo "Optionally specify the path to a different sqlite history database as the 2nd argument."
         cp "$default" "$OUTPUT_DIR/chrome_history.db.tmp"