Baseline: ea4ab7d8e696f48253fd172fcfbd37661e4710d5

Cherry picks:

   + 3453d035bb335a0e792fb379807dbdb812065619:
     Keep leading zero in formatted date
   + 8893f2ee0efbdeb0816b13e7cb57c69d70b941c6:
     Bazel release process: Fix broken "git push" by setting direct
     push justification.
   + 3f8e0964f4525cee71f8b7051e6996a906dd78d0:
     Bazel release process: Fix push justification. (#19754)
   + 95296e81853a4c93a47fba1812e1f849b6b16480:
     Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)
   + fbcc487642c567a63f6503670d6d4f46f98308c1:
     Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)
   + 3f9dc1c789e4bb2523fcd5236f53db8b3edb4733:
     Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)
   + f46bf7067991fea6c650cb1fb75d1f7844916ff0:
     Release 7.0.0-pre.20230926.1 (2023-10-06)

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