Removes ci_variable_protected? method

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Removes ci_variable_protected? method

Removes app/helpers/ci/variables_helper.rb: ci_variable_protected? and its specs because it is not used anywhere. Solves a fraction of #420057

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E2E Test Result Summary

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e2e-test-on-gdk: test report for 2bb7d13c

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|                          suites summary                          |
+-------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+-------+--------+
|             | passed | failed | skipped | flaky | total | result |
+-------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+-------+--------+
| Verify      | 31     | 0      | 0       | 0     | 31    | ✅     |
| Create      | 54     | 0      | 7       | 0     | 61    | ✅     |
| Plan        | 55     | 0      | 0       | 1     | 55    | ✅     |
| Release     | 5      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 5     | ✅     |
| Data Stores | 23     | 0      | 0       | 0     | 23    | ✅     |
| Package     | 15     | 0      | 1       | 0     | 16    | ✅     |
| Monitor     | 7      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 7     | ✅     |
| Govern      | 72     | 0      | 0       | 0     | 72    | ✅     |
| Analytics   | 2      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 2     | ✅     |
| Manage      | 0      | 0      | 1       | 0     | 1     | ➖     |
+-------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+-------+--------+
| Total       | 264    | 0      | 9       | 1     | 273   | ✅     |
+-------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+-------+--------+

e2e-package-and-test: test report for 2bb7d13c

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+------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                          suites summary                          |
+-------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+-------+--------+
|             | passed | failed | skipped | flaky | total | result |
+-------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+-------+--------+
| Verify      | 138    | 0      | 27      | 6     | 165   | ✅     |
| Create      | 149    | 0      | 16      | 2     | 165   | ✅     |
| Package     | 0      | 0      | 2       | 0     | 2     | ➖     |
| Govern      | 6      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 6     | ✅     |
| Data Stores | 4      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 4     | ✅     |
| Monitor     | 8      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 8     | ✅     |
| Plan        | 8      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 8     | ✅     |
+-------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+-------+--------+
| Total       | 313    | 0      | 45      | 8     | 358   | ✅     |
+-------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+-------+--------+