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Fix backport workflow to exclude release notes and eng/common files #19019

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Expand Up @@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ jobs:
if: ${{ contains(github.event.comment.body, '/backport to') || github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
uses: dotnet/arcade/.github/workflows/backport-base.yml@main
with:
additional_git_am_switches: '--exclude=docs/release-notes/* --exclude=eng/common/* --whitespace=fix'
pr_description_template: |
Backport of #%source_pr_number% to %target_branch%

/cc %cc_users%

**Note:** Release notes and `eng/common` files are excluded from this backport. If release notes are needed, they should be added manually to the appropriate version file for this branch.

## Customer Impact

## Testing
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