Removed unit tests that were used to debug the problem. Testing is covered in...

class UpdateMixin(object):

    def _check_missing_update_attrs(self, data):

        required, optional = self.get_update_attrs()

        # Remove the id field from the required list as it has been moved to the http path.

        # Remove the id field from the required list as it was previously moved to the http path.

        required = tuple(filter(lambda k: k != self._obj_cls._id_attr, required))

        missing = []

        for attr in required:

from gitlab import cli

import pytest

import sys

PROJECT_ID = 9460322

def test_project_variable(capsys):

    key = "junk1"

    value1 = "car"

    value2 = "bus"

    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exit_exc:

        cmd_line = f"gitlab project-variable list --project-id {PROJECT_ID}"

        print("--->", cmd_line)

        sys.argv = cmd_line.split()

        cli.main()

    out, err = capsys.readouterr()

    if key not in out:

        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exit_exc:

            cmd_line = f"gitlab project-variable create --project-id {PROJECT_ID} --key {key} --value {value1}"

            print("--->", cmd_line)

            sys.argv = cmd_line.split()

            cli.main()

    out, err = capsys.readouterr()

    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exit_exc:

        cmd_line = f"gitlab project-variable get --project-id {PROJECT_ID} --key {key}"

        print("--->", cmd_line)

        sys.argv = cmd_line.split()

        cli.main()

    out, err = capsys.readouterr()

    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exit_exc:

        cmd_line = f"gitlab project-variable update --project-id {PROJECT_ID} --key {key} --value {value2}"

        print("--->", cmd_line)

        sys.argv = cmd_line.split()

        cli.main()

    out, err = capsys.readouterr()

    assert key in out

    assert value2 in out

    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exit_exc:

        cmd_line = f"gitlab project-variable list --project-id {PROJECT_ID}"

        print("--->", cmd_line)

        sys.argv = cmd_line.split()

        cli.main()

    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()

    if key in out:

        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exit_exc:

            cmd_line = f"gitlab project-variable delete --project-id {PROJECT_ID} --key {key}"

            print("--->", cmd_line)

            sys.argv = cmd_line.split()

            cli.main()

    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()

    pass

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