Implement TODO: support symbolic links

[jdarpinian]

Support symbolic links for static assets

Fixes #3094 (auto-closed but not resolved)

Supports symbolic links for static Pages assets in local dev server mode and in deploy.

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npm install https://prerelease-registry.devprod.cloudflare.dev/workers-sdk/runs/10462282837/npm-package-miniflare-6531

npm install https://prerelease-registry.devprod.cloudflare.dev/workers-sdk/runs/10462282837/npm-package-cloudflare-pages-shared-6531

npm install https://prerelease-registry.devprod.cloudflare.dev/workers-sdk/runs/10462282837/npm-package-cloudflare-vitest-pool-workers-6531

npm install https://prerelease-registry.devprod.cloudflare.dev/workers-sdk/runs/10462282837/npm-package-cloudflare-workers-editor-shared-6531

npm install https://prerelease-registry.devprod.cloudflare.dev/workers-sdk/runs/10462282837/npm-package-cloudflare-workers-shared-6531

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[email protected] includes the following runtime dependencies:

Package	Constraint	Resolved
miniflare	workspace:*	3.20240806.1
workerd	1.20240806.0	1.20240806.0
workerd --version	1.20240806.0	2024-08-06

Please ensure constraints are pinned, and miniflare/workerd minor versions match.

[irvinebroque]

@jdarpinian — can you say more about how you want to use symlinks? Is there something else you're using that depends on them?

[petebacondarwin]

Thanks for submitting this PR @jdarpinian. Closing as we haven't heard from you for a while and this PR has conflicts, and would require work such as tests, changelogs etc. Feel free to reopen if you still want to work on it.