Request variations conditionally

[octaedro]

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Changes proposed in this Pull Request:

In PR 46963, we prevented making the REST API request to get the variations if the product is not variable.

This PR adds the changes to make the request only when we are under the Variations tab.

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Closes #47359.

How to test the changes in this Pull Request:

Using the WooCommerce Testing Instructions Guide, include your detailed testing instructions:

1. Make sure the New product is enabled under /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wc-settings&tab=advanced&section=features.
2. Checkout this branch and build the project.
3. Open the browser's devTools and go to the Network tab.
4. Edit a variable product.
5. Refresh the page and verify that we don't request the product variations (variations?product_id=) when the component is not visible.
6. Go to the Variations tab and verify the request was made.
7. Create, modify and delete some variations.

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[github-actions]

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Hi , @woocommerce/mothra

Apart from reviewing the code changes, please make sure to review the testing instructions as well.

You can follow this guide to find out what good testing instructions should look like:
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/Writing-high-quality-testing-instructions

[mdperez86]

LGTM @octaedro nice job!