Package management: use ligo.json instead of package.json or esy.json
Motivation and Context
Users often work with JS toolchain alongside ours. Using package.json to manage both is tricky. It's better to have a separate manfiest to manage ligo dependencies.
Description
This MR let's users use a separate ligo.json maninfest to manage packages.
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debugger
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None (change with no changelog)
Changelog
Users can now use a ligo.json file to manage dependencies instead of package.json Existing projects with esy.json or package.json will be prompted to rename their manifests. ligo will automatically generate new lock files under the directory ligo.esy.lock. Users can check this folder into their version controll system for reproducibility.
Checklist:
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Edited by prometheansacrifice