[backport] 17.11: Merge branch 'dj-exclude-stable-branch-coverage' into 'master'
What does this MR do and why?
Removes Jest coverage from Stable branches.
Runtime Improvement: Initial estimates for removing this unnecessary coverage from stable branches could potentially save us 5.8m average per-jest job
Eliminate duplicated or unneeded jobs for backp... (gitlab-com/gl-infra/delivery#21126 - closed)
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