From 27040532bdfa2dcfb5c557cfb2e50bc7c01d38cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno BELANYI <bruno@belanyi.fr>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:13:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] modules: programs: steam: respect XDG conventions

Steam wants to pollute HOME with `.steam*` files and folders, which are
useless and annoying.

We want to make sure the wrappers are preferred when installing, so use
`lib.hiPrio` to ensure they get chosen.
---
 modules/programs/steam.nix | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/programs/steam.nix b/modules/programs/steam.nix
index e9f2a2b..dbdc0ce 100644
--- a/modules/programs/steam.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/steam.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,39 @@
-{ config, lib, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 let
   cfg = config.my.programs.steam;
 in
 {
   options.my.programs.steam = with lib; {
     enable = mkEnableOption "steam configuration";
+
+    dataDir = mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = "$XDG_DATA_HOME/steamlib";
+      example = "/mnt/steam/";
+      description = ''
+        Which directory should be used as HOME to run steam.
+      '';
+    };
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
     programs.steam = {
       enable = true;
     };
+
+    environment.systemPackages = builtins.map lib.hiPrio [
+      # Respect XDG conventions, leave my HOME alone
+      (pkgs.writeScriptBin "steam" ''
+        #!/bin/sh
+        mkdir -p "${cfg.dataDir}"
+        HOME="${cfg.dataDir}" exec ${pkgs.steam}/bin/steam "$@"
+      '')
+      # Same, for GOG and other such games
+      (pkgs.writeScriptBin "steam-run" ''
+        #!/bin/sh
+        mkdir -p "${cfg.dataDir}"
+        HOME="${cfg.dataDir}" exec ${pkgs.steam-run-native}/bin/steam-run "$@"
+      '')
+    ];
   };
 }