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docs: document how to usesudo if modifying an object

Add a warning about using `sudo` when saving.Give an example of how to `get` an object, modify it, and then `save`it using `sudo`Closes:#532

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`@@ -411,6 +411,27 @@ user. For example:`
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`412`	`412`	`p= gl.projects.create({'name':'awesome_project'},sudo='user1')`
`413`	`413`
	`414`	`+..warning::`
	`415`	+ When using ``sudo``, its usage is not remembered. What this means is that if
	`416`	+ you use ``sudo`` to retrieve an object and then later use ``save()`` to
	`417`	+ modify the object it will not use ``sudo``. In that case you should do
	`418`	+ ``save(sudo='user1')``
	`419`	`+`
	`420`	+Updating with ``sudo``
	`421`	`+----------------------`
	`422`	`+`
	`423`	+An example of how to ``get`` an object (using ``sudo``), modify the object, and
	`424`	+then ``save`` the object (using ``sudo``)
	`425`	`+`
	`426`	`+..code-block::python`
	`427`	`+`
	`428`	`+ group= gl.groups.get('example-group')`
	`429`	`+ notification_setting= group.notificationsettings.get(sudo='user1')`
	`430`	`+ notification_setting.level= gitlab.const.NOTIFICATION_LEVEL_GLOBAL`
	`431`	+# Must use `sudo` again when doing the save.
	`432`	`+ notifcation_setting.save(sudo='user1')`
	`433`	`+`
	`434`	`+`
`414`	`435`	`Logging`
`415`	`436`	`=======`
`416`	`437`

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