Merge branch 'stable-3.7' into stable-3.8

* stable-3.7:
  Remove redundant format calls in log calls
  Add put method to create/update global-refdb entry
  Add happy path test for BatchRefUpdateValidator
  Remove Maven legacy pom.xml
  Return immediately if local ref update fails
  Remove references to Zookeeper in logs
  Squash filter/findFirst/isPresent into anyMatch
  Fix typo in private method
  Bump Gerrit and module to v3.6.6
  Bump Gerrit and module to v3.5.6

Change-Id: I930b79a021e409983e55d5184c9974515fae323b