Design: Align the pipeline editor commit form to the standard commit form component

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What this issue is about

GitLab editors offer different commit experiences. The single file editor and the pipeline editor commit forms lack some features like selecting a branch to commit to. The inconsistent commit experience creates unnecessary burden for the users to get used to several different UIs to make a commit.

Proposal

Align the commit form in the pipeline editor to the standard commit form design defined in #333753 (closed)

Usability improvements uncovered during research

Users would like to be able to:

• Easier use conventional commits if their team follows those commit practices
• Select a branch from a dropdown list
• Have the default commit message be adjusted based on the changes they made to their config (for example if you changed stages, say “update stages” or if you edited a job, say “update job”.

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