chore: rename `whaction` and `action` to `resource_action` in CLI

Rename the variables `whaction` and `action` to `resource_action` to
improve code-readability.

3 files changed, 27 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/gitlab/cli.py b/gitlab/cli.py
index c9e182d..e418714 100644
--- a/gitlab/cli.py
+++ b/gitlab/cli.py
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     if args.fields:
         fields = [x.strip() for x in args.fields.split(",")]
     debug = args.debug
-    action = args.whaction
     gitlab_resource = args.gitlab_resource
+    resource_action = args.resource_action
 
     args_dict = vars(args)
     # Remove CLI behavior-related args
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         "verbose",
         "debug",
         "gitlab_resource",
-        "whaction",
+        "resource_action",
         "version",
         "output",
         "fields",
@@ -361,4 +361,6 @@ def main() -> None:
     if debug:
         gl.enable_debug()
 
-    gitlab.v4.cli.run(gl, gitlab_resource, action, args_dict, verbose, output, fields)
+    gitlab.v4.cli.run(
+        gl, gitlab_resource, resource_action, args_dict, verbose, output, fields
+    )
diff --git a/gitlab/v4/cli.py b/gitlab/v4/cli.py
index c4e15fc..da203ff 100644
--- a/gitlab/v4/cli.py
+++ b/gitlab/v4/cli.py
@@ -29,14 +29,18 @@ from gitlab import cli
 
 class GitlabCLI:
     def __init__(
-        self, gl: gitlab.Gitlab, gitlab_resource: str, action: str, args: Dict[str, str]
+        self,
+        gl: gitlab.Gitlab,
+        gitlab_resource: str,
+        resource_action: str,
+        args: Dict[str, str],
     ) -> None:
         self.cls: Type[gitlab.base.RESTObject] = cli.gitlab_resource_to_cls(
             gitlab_resource, namespace=gitlab.v4.objects
         )
         self.cls_name = self.cls.__name__
         self.gitlab_resource = gitlab_resource.replace("-", "_")
-        self.action = action.lower()
+        self.resource_action = resource_action.lower()
         self.gl = gl
         self.args = args
         self.parent_args: Dict[str, Any] = {}
@@ -80,13 +84,13 @@ class GitlabCLI:
             del self.args[key]
 
     def run(self) -> Any:
-        # Check for a method that matches object + action
-        method = f"do_{self.gitlab_resource}_{self.action}"
+        # Check for a method that matches gitlab_resource + action
+        method = f"do_{self.gitlab_resource}_{self.resource_action}"
         if hasattr(self, method):
             return getattr(self, method)()
 
         # Fallback to standard actions (get, list, create, ...)
-        method = f"do_{self.action}"
+        method = f"do_{self.resource_action}"
         if hasattr(self, method):
             return getattr(self, method)()
 
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ class GitlabCLI:
 
     def do_custom(self) -> Any:
         class_instance: Union[gitlab.base.RESTManager, gitlab.base.RESTObject]
-        in_obj = cli.custom_actions[self.cls_name][self.action][2]
+        in_obj = cli.custom_actions[self.cls_name][self.resource_action][2]
 
         # Get the object (lazy), then act
         if in_obj:
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ class GitlabCLI:
         else:
             class_instance = self.mgr
 
-        method_name = self.action.replace("-", "_")
+        method_name = self.resource_action.replace("-", "_")
         return getattr(class_instance, method_name)(**self.args)
 
     def do_project_export_download(self) -> None:
@@ -351,7 +355,9 @@ def extend_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         object_group = subparsers.add_parser(arg_name)
 
         object_subparsers = object_group.add_subparsers(
-            title="action", dest="whaction", help="Action to execute."
+            title="action",
+            dest="resource_action",
+            help="Action to execute on the GitLab resource.",
         )
         _populate_sub_parser_by_class(cls, object_subparsers)
         object_subparsers.required = True
@@ -498,13 +504,18 @@ PRINTERS: Dict[
 def run(
     gl: gitlab.Gitlab,
     gitlab_resource: str,
-    action: str,
+    resource_action: str,
     args: Dict[str, Any],
     verbose: bool,
     output: str,
     fields: List[str],
 ) -> None:
-    g_cli = GitlabCLI(gl=gl, gitlab_resource=gitlab_resource, action=action, args=args)
+    g_cli = GitlabCLI(
+        gl=gl,
+        gitlab_resource=gitlab_resource,
+        resource_action=resource_action,
+        args=args,
+    )
     data = g_cli.run()
 
     printer: Union[JSONPrinter, LegacyPrinter, YAMLPrinter] = PRINTERS[output]()
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_cli.py b/tests/unit/test_cli.py
index 2da8ddf..ef33b5d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_cli.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def test_v4_parse_args():
     parser = cli._get_parser()
     args = parser.parse_args(["project", "list"])
     assert args.gitlab_resource == "project"
-    assert args.whaction == "list"
+    assert args.resource_action == "list"
 
 
 def test_v4_parser():