bugfix: use `require_dependency` to bring in DeclarativePolicy

Closes #34532

See merge request !12571

Resolve "Select branch dropdown is too close to branch name"

Closes #34349

See merge request !12515

Perform unzip quietly in UpdatePagesService

Closes gitlab-ee#225

See merge request !12539

Fixed new navgiation bar logo height in Safari

See merge request !12563

Fix scroll flicker

Closes #34407

See merge request !12501

Defer project destroys within a namespace in Groups::DestroyService#async_execute

See merge request !12435

Clean up issuable lists

Closes #26818

See merge request !11991

Supplement Traditional Chinese in Taiwan translation of Project Page & Repository Page

Closes #33443

See merge request !12514

Allow the feature flags to be enabled/disabled with more granularity

Closes #34078

See merge request !12357

Group#destroy would actually hard-delete all associated projects even
though the acts_as_paranoia gem is used, preventing Projects::DestroyService
from doing any work.

We first noticed this while trying to log all projects deletion to the Geo
log.

Merge branch '34403-issue-dropdown-persists-when-adding-issue-number-to-issue-description' into 'master'

Resolve "Issue dropdown persists when adding issue number to issue description"

Closes #34403

See merge request !12521

Run mysql tests on stable preperation branches like 9-3-stable-patch-2

See merge request !12552

Added code for defining SHA attributes

See merge request !12555

Remove Namespace model default scope override and write additional test to Project search

See merge request !12546

Revert "Merge branch 'dm-drop-default-scope-on-sortable-finders' into 'master'"

Closes #34511

See merge request !12557

Move verification to block level instead of paragraph

Closes #33961

See merge request !12519

This reverts commit b07c0003, reversing
changes made to 2b97d76d.

Only count GL pipelines in usage data ping

Closes #33172

See merge request !12277

Update README.md to reflect where "Secret variables" are located

See merge request !12540

These attributes are stored in binary in the database, but exposed as
strings. This allows one to query/create data using plain SHA1 hashes as
Strings, while storing them more efficiently as binary.

Sidebar header no conflicts

See merge request !12524

Inserts exact matches of username and email to the top of the user search list

Closes #26125

See merge request !12525

Fix errors caused by attempts to report already blocked or deleted users

Closes #8928

See merge request !12502

Refactor/declarative policy

See merge request !10515

Merge branch '33082-use-update_pipeline_schedule-for-edit-and-take_ownership-in-pipelineschedulescontroller' into 'master'

Use authorize_update_pipeline_schedule in PipelineSchedulesController

Closes #33082

See merge request !11846

Bring back branches badge to main project page

Closes #34438

See merge request !12548

Add group members counting related data on namespaces API

See merge request !12497

Fix a bug where an invalid sort param value was passed to Gitaly

Closes #34280

See merge request !12534

Limit OpenGraph image size to 64x64

See merge request !12541

Strip trailing whitespace in relative submodule URL

Closes #34347

See merge request !12531