Sync eng/common directory with azure-sdk-tools for PR 9181 (#6108)

* save-package-properties.yml only activates PR diff mechanism if the service directory is "auto"

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Co-authored-by: Scott Beddall <scbedd@microsoft.com>

eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/save-package-properties.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ parameters:
     default: eng/common/scripts
 
 steps:
-  - ${{ if eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest') }}:
+  # There will be transitory period for every language repo where the <language> - pullrequest build definition will run
+  # alongside the <language> - <service> - ci definitions. These pullrequest build definitions will have the ServiceDirectory parameter
+  # set to 'auto', which will allow the expanding and contracting based on PR Diff.
+
+  # The other public CI builds will pass a real service directory, which will not activate the PR diff logic and as such will operate
+  # as before this change.
+  - ${{ if and(eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest'), eq(parameters.ServiceDirectory, 'auto')) }}:
       - task: Powershell@2
         displayName: Generate PR Diff
         inputs: