Sync develop to master

[paulbourelly999]

PR Details

Description

This is an intermediate branch cut from master which includes fixes to the branch coupling of build and checkout scripts. This coupling can not yet be removed from CI processes because this repository still uses CircleCI. The functionality to decouple CI from branches is currently only available through our GitHub actions

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Motivation and Context

Decouple build/checkout from branch to make release process simpler

How Has This Been Tested?

CI

Types of changes

• Defect fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that cause existing functionality to change)

Checklist:

• I have added any new packages to the sonar-scanner.properties file
• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.
• All new and existing tests passed.

[willjohnsonk]

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