pantsbuild/pants release_2.18.0rc5

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New Features

• Add exclude_files field to deploy_jar target (Cherry-pick of #20075) (#20126)

Bug Fixes

• Fix mypy cache dir not being created (Cherry-pick of #20139) (#20142)

• The pants native client should respect the PANTS_BUILDROOT_OVERRIDE provided by scie-pants. (Cherry-pick of #20112) (#20124)

Documentation

• Initial sketch of what's new in 2.18 (Cherry-pick of #19999) (#20147)

• Avoid quotes in suggested .env file for IDEs (Cherry-pick of #20144) (#20146)