Allow merge requests related to a commit to be found via API

What does this MR do?

Allow merge requests related to a commit to be found via API

• Original work for the web interface here:
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/13713

Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?

Why was this MR needed?

Please see:

• https://gitlab.com/bjgopinath/release-changes/issues/2

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Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

• Changelog entry added, if necessary
• Documentation created/updated
• API support added
• Tests added for this feature/bug
• Review
  • Has been reviewed by UX
  • Has been reviewed by Frontend
  • Has been reviewed by Backend
  • Has been reviewed by Database
• Conform by the merge request performance guides
• Conform by the style guides
• Squashed related commits together
• Internationalization required/considered
• End-to-end tests pass (package-and-qa manual pipeline job)

What are the relevant issue numbers?

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• 4a418124...3adbc579 - 201 commits from branch gitlab-org:master
• 847671e0 - Allow merge requests related to a commit to be found via API

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@rymai Please can you review it when you're back?

assigned to @rymai

@markglenfletcher Thank you, looks good to me!

changed milestone to %10.7

approved this merge request

merged

mentioned in commit fffa19cb

mentioned in issue #45003 (closed)

mentioned in issue #33578 (closed)

added devopsplan label