From be902639fc3a585fec0d48426ebaa63bfb1ac786 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hc-github-team-secure-vault-core
 <82990506+hc-github-team-secure-vault-core@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:41:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] backport of commit 163c03f514261627275b1fd36e4b857a108391ac
 (#23606)

Co-authored-by: Hamid Ghaf <83242695+hghaf099@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/scripts/verify_changes.sh | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/verify_changes.sh b/.github/scripts/verify_changes.sh
index ccab8bb48..ad5a03074 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/verify_changes.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/verify_changes.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 # git diff with ... shows the differences between base_commit and head_commit starting at the last common commit
-changed_dir=$(git diff $base_commit...$head_commit --name-only | awk -F"/" '{ print $1}' | uniq)
-change_count=$(git diff $base_commit...$head_commit --name-only | awk -F"/" '{ print $1}' | uniq | wc -l)
+# excluding the changelog directory
+changed_dir=$(git diff $base_commit...$head_commit --name-only | awk -F"/" '{ print $1}' | uniq | sed '/changelog/d')
+change_count=$(git diff $base_commit...$head_commit --name-only | awk -F"/" '{ print $1}' | uniq | sed '/changelog/d' | wc -l)
 
 # There are 4 main conditions to check:
 #