fix(types): add explicit submodule import for pyright compatibility#3343
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Thanks for this @janfrederik.
Admittedly this piece of code is a bit awkward to begin with - we might not really need a mixin in there, it was mostly to separate out the repository-related methods for projects.
Add `import gitlab.base` inside the TYPE_CHECKING block in repositories.py so that pyright can resolve `gitlab.base.RESTObject`. Without the explicit import, pyright cannot resolve the submodule access via the parent package (implicit submodule access is a runtime loader side effect that type checkers don't model). This caused `_RestObjectBase` to be `Unknown`, propagating through `RepositoryMixin` into `Project` and other classes. Fixes python-gitlab#3342 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
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import gitlab.baseinside theTYPE_CHECKINGblock inrepositories.pyso that pyright can resolvegitlab.base.RESTObjectWithout the explicit import, pyright cannot resolve the submodule access via the parent package — implicit submodule access is a runtime loader side effect that type checkers don't model (pyright docs). This causes
_RestObjectBaseto beUnknown, which propagates throughRepositoryMixinintoProjectand other classes that inherit it, producingreportUnknownMemberType/reportUnknownVariableType/reportUnknownArgumentTypewarnings.Note:
gitlab/mixins.pyhas the same pattern but already works correctly because it usesfrom gitlab import baseand thenbase.RESTObject.Fixes #3342
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# pyright: ignoresuppression comments become unnecessary after this fixTYPE_CHECKINGblock only)