From fe50e6d26cf8e73d8b10e0a6cefb9add247bbb62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:59:46 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] support --temp-basedir for staring a new instance

---
 qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py b/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
index be71a35ce..6ba5cd2fd 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
@@ -222,9 +222,13 @@ def _validate_untrusted_args(argv):
 
 def start_new_instance(args):
     """start a new instance."""
+    import tempfile
     from qutebrowser.utils import standarddir
     from qutebrowser.misc import ipcclient
 
+    if args.temp_basedir:
+        args.basedir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='qutebrowser-basedir-')
+
     # In order to get socket path for starting a new instance
     standarddir.init(args)
     return ipcclient.send(args)