Prerequisites:
- Is the functionality available in the GitHub UI? If so, please provide a link to information about the feature.

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/variables?apiVersion=2022-11-28#update-a-repository-variable
New Feature
Please describe the desired new functionality:
This request is part Bug report, part feature request. The documentation states that repository variables are supported but the implementation is missing. I see an open PR for adding repository variables.