Branch ruleset exemption does not work

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I created a branch ruleset that enables Linear History and added an exempt rule which I am part of.

However it still does not allow me to use merge commit even though it is not blocked in the drop down to select, but when I do select it I get a message
The dev branch requires linear history The base branch does not accept merge commits. Alternate merge methods are preferred. [Learn more about required linear history.](https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/requiring-a-linear-commit-history)

Steps to reproduce:

1. Enable both Merge Commit and Squash Merging in the repo
2. Create a ruleset that restricts Linear History to certain target branch but has exempt team
3. Create another PR that merges to target branch and try getting a user from exempt team to Merge Commit and observe that even though allowed to select Merge Commit it shows an error

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