copying all chrome config data to different user

[David L]

I have historically had problems with my desktop environment when I use the
same user home directory on a dual boot system (eg, when I have 16.10 on
one partition and 18.04 on another). Therefore, I like to use different
user home directories for myself for each environment and copy or symlink
directories that I can share without compatibility quirks. I would like to
be able to have ALL data related to google-chrome accessible in both
systems. I have dozens of user-data-dir's for various things I work on,
each with their own stored passwords, cookies, etc. Based on some google
searches, I thought I could copy everything I needed between the two home
directories by copying the user-data-dir directories and the
.config/google-chrome directory, but my stored passwords do not transfer.
Does anybody know how I can get everything I need (and nothing I don't
need) from one home directory and put it in another to get google-chrome
(or chromium-browser) to just work on a dual boot system with isolated home
directories for the same user?

Thanks,

          David

PS - I don't want to have to export passwords and import them... it seems
like I should be able to just copy the right files/directories, which I can
do from the command line quickly for dozens of user-data-dirs that each
maintain different passwords.
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