Decouple persist tool from the distribution

[daneshk]

Purpose

Fixes: ballerina-platform/ballerina-library#7962

Examples

Checklist

• Linked to an issue
• Updated the specification
• Updated the changelog
• Added tests

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 85.80%. Comparing base (3bb9478) to head (78bd00e).
Report is 22 commits behind head on main.

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[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR decouples the persist tool from the distribution and introduces a new Gradle project for the persist tool along with corresponding configuration and test changes.

• Added a new persist-tool module with its own build script, Ballerina.toml, BalTool.toml, and README.
• Updated settings, build configurations, and test projects to reflect the decoupling and new persist-tool integration.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 17 out of 18 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
settings.gradle	Added plugin management block and included the new persist-tool.
persist-tool/*	New persist-tool module files including build, source, and config.
persist-cli/build.gradle	Added manifest attributes for build artifacts.
persist-cli-tests/*	Updated tests with added logging and minor refactoring changes.
persist-cli-tests/build.gradle	Refactored copy tasks and added a new task to update bal-tools.toml.
examples/build.gradle	Updated tasks to incorporate the new persist-tool build and update flows.
gradle.properties	Updated version and dependency properties.
build-config/resources/*	New configuration files to support persist-tool.

[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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[DimuthuMadushan]

LGTM!