Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/releases/v3' into backport-v2.22.12-012739e50

# Conflicts:
#	CONTRIBUTING.md

.github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml

@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ jobs:
           # Update the version number ready for the next release
           npm version patch --no-git-tag-version
 
-          # Update the changelog
-          perl -i -pe 's/^/## \[UNRELEASED\]\n\nNo user facing changes.\n\n/ if($.==5)' CHANGELOG.md
+          # Update the changelog, adding a new version heading directly above the most recent existing one
+          awk '!f && /##/{print "'"## [UNRELEASED]\n\nNo user facing changes.\n"'"; f=1}1' CHANGELOG.md > temp && mv temp CHANGELOG.md
           git add .
           git commit -m "Update changelog and version after ${VERSION}"
 

.github/workflows/script/update-required-checks.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # Update the required checks based on the current branch.
 # Typically, this will be main.
 
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+REPO_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
+GRANDPARENT_DIR="$(dirname "$REPO_DIR")"
+source "$GRANDPARENT_DIR/releases.ini"
+
 if ! gh auth status 2>/dev/null; then
   gh auth status
   echo "Failed: Not authorized. This script requires admin access to github/codeql-action through the gh CLI."
@@ -29,7 +34,22 @@ echo "$CHECKS" | jq
 
 echo "{\"contexts\": ${CHECKS}}" > checks.json
 
-for BRANCH in main releases/v2; do
+echo "Updating main"
+gh api --silent -X "PATCH" "repos/github/codeql-action/branches/main/protection/required_status_checks" --input checks.json
+
+# list all branchs on origin remote matching releases/v*
+BRANCHES="$(git ls-remote --heads origin 'releases/v*' | sed 's?.*refs/heads/??' | sort -V)"
+
+for BRANCH in $BRANCHES; do
+
+  # strip exact 'releases/v' prefix from $BRANCH using count of characters
+  VERSION="${BRANCH:10}"
+
+  if [ "$VERSION" -lt "$OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Skipping $BRANCH"
+    continue
+  fi
+
   echo "Updating $BRANCH"
   gh api --silent -X "PATCH" "repos/github/codeql-action/branches/$BRANCH/protection/required_status_checks" --input checks.json
 done