merge staging into rc

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Proposed changes

This PR addresses Issue: [Link to Github issue within https://github.com/zowe/zowe-common-c/issues if any]

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Type of change

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Change in a documentation
• Refactor the code
• Chore, repository cleanup, updates the dependencies.
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)

PR Checklist

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• If the changes in this PR are meant for the next release / mainline, this PR targets the "staging" branch.
• My code follows the style guidelines of this project (see: Contributing guideline)
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• video or image is included if visual changes are made
• Relevant update to CHANGELOG.md
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works, or describe a test method below

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