evgenii-prusov commented on code in PR #53726:
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/53726#discussion_r2250034579


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airflow-core/src/airflow/cli/commands/variable_command.py:
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@@ -81,20 +81,25 @@ def variables_import(args, session):
     """Import variables from a given file."""
     if not os.path.exists(args.file):
         raise SystemExit("Missing variables file.")
-    with open(args.file) as varfile:
-        try:
-            var_json = json.load(varfile)
-        except JSONDecodeError:
-            raise SystemExit("Invalid variables file.")
+
+    try:
+        # Use load_variables which supports JSON, YAML, and ENV formats
+        var_dict = load_variables(args.file)
+    except Exception as e:

Review Comment:
   I also found this old https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/37532 which 
shows that working with variable descriptions had limitations even before this 
change. The issue highlighted that variable exports from the UI didn't include 
description fields, requiring manual updates when importing to other 
environments. This suggests the description functionality was already 
incomplete in the broader ecosystem.
   
   Happy to tackle the description functionality improvements if you're 
interested and can point me in the right direction.



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