refactor: Enhance checkpoint file exclusion system

[hannesrudolph]

Comprehensive update to the checkpoints exclusion module:

• Modularized exclusion patterns into category-specific functions
• Added detailed documentation for file filtering strategy
• Introduced new utility functions for Git LFS pattern handling
• Expanded coverage of excluded file types and patterns
• Improved maintainability and extensibility of exclusion rules

Context

Comprehensive update to the checkpoints exclusion module: The changes refactor the checkpoint file exclusion system, improving its organization, extensibility, and coverage of files that should be excluded when creating checkpoints. This reduces checkpoint size and improves performance by avoiding unnecessary tracking of irrelevant files.

Implementation

The changes modularize the exclusion logic in src/services/checkpoints/constants.ts. Previously, all exclusion patterns were defined in a single large array (GIT_EXCLUDES). The refactoring introduces several key improvements:

1. Category-Specific Functions: Exclusion patterns are now grouped into category-specific functions, such as getBuildArtifactPatterns(), getMediaFilePatterns(), getCacheFilePatterns(), etc. This improves readability and makes it easier to manage and update specific types of exclusions.
2. Detailed Documentation: A JSDoc comment block has been added at the top of the file, explaining the purpose and functionality of the CheckpointExclusions module. This documentation clarifies the file filtering strategy and how the different parts of the module work together.
3. New Utility Functions: New utility functions, such as getDefaultExclusions(), writeExcludesFile(), and getLfsPatterns(), have been added to handle Git LFS pattern integration and writing the combined exclusion patterns to Git's exclude file.
4. Expanded Coverage: The list of excluded file types and patterns has been significantly expanded to include more comprehensive coverage of build artifacts, media files, cache files, environment files, large data files, database files, geospatial datasets, and log files.
5. getDefaultExclusions() function: This function now combines all category-specific exclusions and also incorporates Git LFS patterns. The old GIT_EXCLUDES is deprecated and now just calls getDefaultExclusions().
6. ExclusionResult Interface: This interface is added to define the return of an exclusion check.

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[hannesrudolph]

@mrubens shred me.. what did I miss?