Resolve an unhandled AttributeError.

[anthdono]

Resolve an unhandled AttributeError thrown from direct assignment of a protobuf repeated field.

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[anthdono]

CLA signed.

[BenRKarl]

This actually works as intended if you have use_proto_plus set to True, for more details see these docs.