Add support for custom profile directory

A custom user data directory can now be specified using the "profiledir" command line argument. Github ref: closes #6175
element-hq · Apr 9, 2019 · faefbd7 · faefbd7
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diff --git a/electron_app/src/electron-main.js b/electron_app/src/electron-main.js
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ const Store = require('electron-store');
 // migrating to mitigate any risk of it being used maliciously.
 let migratingOrigin = false;
 
-if (argv['profile']) {
+if (argv['profiledir']) {
+    app.setPath('userData', argv['profiledir']);
+} else if (argv['profile']) {
     app.setPath('userData', `${app.getPath('userData')}-${argv['profile']}`);
 }