Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The problem is that table = client.create_table(table) does not consider hive_partitioning_options when the table is created. The getter is not called, and we verified that we never make it there when debugging the code.

Describe the solution you'd like

hive_partitioning_options = HivePartitioningOptions.from_api_repr(
        {
            "sourceUriPrefix": source_uri_prefix,
            "requirePartitionFilter": True,
            "mode": "CUSTOM",
        }
    )
table.external_data_configuration.hive_partitioning = hive_partitioning_options
table = client.create_table(table)

Describe alternatives you've considered
We use the SQL supported solution instead.