Merge branch 'katrinleinweber-master-patch-28844' into 'master'

Backup docs: Link to MR that introduced SKIP_REPOSITORIES_PATHS

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/140634



Merged-by: Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Katrin Leinweber <kleinweber@gitlab.com>