From 7052d8b365b91309451b5032a7d2fa06316c2758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: naman-crabnebula <naman@crabnebula.dev>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 04:38:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add File Association support by default

---
 .changes/bundler-fix-file-association.md        | 5 +++++
 tooling/bundler/src/bundle/linux/freedesktop.rs | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changes/bundler-fix-file-association.md

diff --git a/.changes/bundler-fix-file-association.md b/.changes/bundler-fix-file-association.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cdbacc25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/bundler-fix-file-association.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-bundler": "patch:feat"
+---
+
+Add support for File Association in Linux by default.
diff --git a/tooling/bundler/src/bundle/linux/freedesktop.rs b/tooling/bundler/src/bundle/linux/freedesktop.rs
index 9fc015692..398aa7024 100644
--- a/tooling/bundler/src/bundle/linux/freedesktop.rs
+++ b/tooling/bundler/src/bundle/linux/freedesktop.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ pub fn generate_desktop_file(
   data_dir: &Path,
 ) -> crate::Result<(PathBuf, PathBuf)> {
   let bin_name = settings.main_binary_name();
+  // %F is to enable file association for the application.
+  let exec_command = format!("{} %F", bin_name);
   let desktop_file_name = format!("{bin_name}.desktop");
   let path = PathBuf::from("usr/share/applications").join(desktop_file_name);
   let dest_path = PathBuf::from("/").join(&path);
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ pub fn generate_desktop_file(
       } else {
         None
       },
-      exec: bin_name,
+      exec: &exec_command,
       icon: bin_name,
       name: settings.product_name(),
       mime_type,