* make ad-hoc changelog generation actually useful

* add github action

* remove test code

* fix whitespace

* fix formatting

* Create new release note sections

* add explanatory text

* fix infinite backport PR recursion

* dedupe issue numbers

* automatically add milestones to prs and issues

* test code

* test code

* test commit (#3138)

* test commit (#43320)

* test commit (#44357)

* remove test code

* add newlines

* prefer older version milestones

* add additional release slack message

* trigger slack messages from build

* fixes

* remove silly var name

* Add a helper to extract linked issues from PR body

* Add tests

* Tweak the workflow

* Fix the workflow

* Delete obsolete code

* Improve the message

* Fix whitespace error

* WIP backport reminder bot

* polish and automate backport reminder

* do better english

* allow releasing from tagged test jars

* always listen to nemanja

* use java 17

* tag slack users by github handle

* sort users

Bumps [follow-redirects](https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects) from 1.15.4 to 1.15.6.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/follow-redirects/follow-redirects/compare/v1.15.4...v1.15.6

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: follow-redirects
  dependency-type: indirect
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Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: Chris Truter <chris@metabase.com>

* Fix milestone name for gold version

* Reuse getMilestoneName

* Add more tests

* Add the ability to copy required checks from `master` to any existing branch

* tweaks to release check copy script

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Co-authored-by: Ryan Laurie <iethree@gmail.com>

* daily automated slack reminders about releases

* fix things that don't work at all

* Update .github/workflows/release-status.yml

Co-authored-by: Uladzimir Havenchyk <125459446+uladzimirdev@users.noreply.github.com>

* make synk happy?

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Co-authored-by: Uladzimir Havenchyk <125459446+uladzimirdev@users.noreply.github.com>