Update branch slugifying to allow special chars
What does this MR do and why?
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Update branch slugifying to allow special chars
- allow for wildcard and accepted branch name special characters
- guidelines for special characters allowed in branches found at https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/using-git/dealing-with-special-characters-in-branch-and-tag-names#naming-branches-and-tags
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release/*, TEST_BRANCHand verify they are not changed in any way
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Related to #359885 (closed)