All good, code was not modified to accomodate ints

.github/workflows/edit-check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Push Updated Plugin Stub to Template
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  copy-stub:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@8230315d06ad95c617244d2f265d237a1682d445
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+        fetch-depth: 0
+        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      
+    - name: Is stub changed
+      id: changed-stub
+      run: |
+        STUB_CHANGED="false"
+        PATHS=(plugin plugin/decky_plugin.pyi)
+        SHA="${{ github.sha }}"
+        SHA_PREV=$(git rev-list --parents -n 1 $SHA)
+        FILES=$(git diff $SHA_PREV --name-only -- ${PATHS[@]} | jq -Rsc 'split("\n")[:-1] | join (",")')
+        if [[ "$FILES" == *"plugin/decky_plugin.pyi"* ]]; then
+          STUB_CHANGED="true"
+          echo "Stub has changed, pushing updated stub"
+        else
+          echo "Stub has not changed, exiting."
+          exit 0
+        fi
+
+    - name: Push updated stub
+      if: steps.changed-stub.outputs.has_changed == true
+      uses: dmnemec/copy_file_to_another_repo_action@bbebd3da22e4a37d04dca5f782edd5201cb97083
+      env:
+        API_TOKEN_GITHUB: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        source_file: 'plugin/decky_plugin.pyi'
+        destination_repo: 'SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-plugin-template'
+        user_email: '11465594+TrainDoctor@users.noreply.github.com'
+        user_name: 'TrainDoctor'
+        commit_message: 'Updated template with latest plugin stub changes'

backend/plugin.py

@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ class PluginWrapper:
             # export a bunch of environment variables to help plugin developers
             environ["HOME"] = helpers.get_home_path("root" if "root" in self.flags else helpers.get_user())
             environ["USER"] = "root" if "root" in self.flags else helpers.get_user()
+            environ["USER_ID"] = "0" if "root" in self.flags else helpers.get_user_id()
             environ["DECKY_VERSION"] = helpers.get_loader_version()
-            environ["DECKY_USER"] = helpers.get_user()
+            environ["DECKY_USER"] = str(helpers.get_user())
+            environ["DECKY_USER_ID"] = str(helpers.get_user_id())
             environ["DECKY_USER_HOME"] = helpers.get_home_path()
             environ["DECKY_HOME"] = helpers.get_homebrew_path()
             environ["DECKY_PLUGIN_SETTINGS_DIR"] = path.join(environ["DECKY_HOME"], "settings", self.plugin_directory)

plugin/decky_plugin.py

@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ It would be `root` if `root` was specified in the plugin's flags otherwise the u
 e.g.: `deck`
 """
 
+USER_ID: int = int(os.getenv("USER_ID", default="-1"))
+"""
+The effective UID running the process.
+Environment variable: `USER_ID`.
+It would be `0` if `root` was specified in the plugin's flags otherwise the id of the user whose home decky resides in.
+e.g.: `1000`
+"""
+
 DECKY_VERSION: str = os.getenv("DECKY_VERSION", default="")
 """
 The version of the decky loader.
@@ -52,6 +60,13 @@ Environment variable: `DECKY_USER`.
 e.g.: `deck`
 """
 
+DECKY_USER_ID: int = int(os.getenv("DECKY_USER_ID", default="-1"))
+"""
+The UID of the user whose home decky resides in.
+Environment variable: `DECKY_USER_ID`.
+e.g.: `1000`
+"""
+
 DECKY_USER_HOME: str = os.getenv("DECKY_USER_HOME", default="")
 """
 The home of the user where decky resides in.

plugin/decky_plugin.pyi

@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ It would be `root` if `root` was specified in the plugin's flags otherwise the u
 e.g.: `deck`
 """
 
+USER_ID: int
+"""
+The effective UID running the process.
+Environment variable: `UID`.
+It would be `0` if `root` was specified in the plugin's flags otherwise the id of the user whose home decky resides in.
+e.g.: `1000`
+"""
+
 DECKY_VERSION: str
 """
 The version of the decky loader.
@@ -50,6 +58,13 @@ Environment variable: `DECKY_USER`.
 e.g.: `deck`
 """
 
+DECKY_USER_ID: int
+"""
+The UID of the user whose home decky resides in.
+Environment variable: `DECKY_USER_ID`.
+e.g.: `1000`
+"""
+
 DECKY_USER_HOME: str
 """
 The home of the user where decky resides in.