diff --git a/scripts/fakehome b/scripts/fakehome
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+#!/usr/bin/env fish
+
+function clean_temp --on-process %self
+  echo 'deleting' $FAKEHOME'...'
+  rm -rf $FAKEHOME
+end
+
+set -x FAKEHOME (mktemp -d)
+set -x HOME $FAKEHOME
+set -x XDG_CONFIG_HOME $HOME/config
+set -x XDG_DATA_HOME   $HOME/data
+set -x XDG_CACHE_HOME  $HOME/cache
+cd $HOME
+fish