Resolve/merge configuration on the client #9471

Job	Run time
lint (windows-latest)	16m 22s
format	1m 27s
tidy	51s
generate	11m 59s
build	4m 50s
extension	53s
misc	46s
lint (noembed)	7m 20s
lint (ubuntu-latest)	8m 27s
test (windows-latest)	25m 14s
test (ubuntu-latest)	13m 32s
test (no submodules)	9m 27s
test (noembed)	11m 0s
test (concurrent test programs)	15m 42s
smoke	6m 20s
test (race mode)	13m 4s
required	2s
	2h 27m 16s

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