docs: rewrite design explanation#2251
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Replace Design.md with how-gazelle-works.md, a complete rewrite. The old page was written before extensions, so was very obsolete. The new page is intended to be an Explanation (https://diataxis.fr/) to help Gazelle developers and extension authors. For bazel-contrib#2196
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All suggestions are non-blocking, most of them are for slight clarity improvements.
Co-authored-by: Nikki Vijaybhaskar <nikki@engflow.com> Co-authored-by: Fabian Meumertzheim <fabian@meumertzhe.im>
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**What type of PR is this?** > Documentation **What package or component does this PR mostly affect?** > all **What does this PR do? Why is it needed?** Replace Design.md with how-gazelle-works.md, a complete rewrite. The old page was written before extensions, so was very obsolete. The new page is intended to be an Explanation (https://diataxis.fr/) to help Gazelle developers and extension authors. **Which issues(s) does this PR fix?** For bazel-contrib#2196 **Other notes for review** --------- Co-authored-by: Nikki Vijaybhaskar <nikki@engflow.com> Co-authored-by: Fabian Meumertzheim <fabian@meumertzhe.im>
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What type of PR is this?
What package or component does this PR mostly affect?
What does this PR do? Why is it needed?
Replace Design.md with how-gazelle-works.md, a complete rewrite.
The old page was written before extensions, so was very obsolete.
The new page is intended to be an Explanation (https://diataxis.fr/) to help Gazelle developers and extension authors.
Which issues(s) does this PR fix?
For #2196
Other notes for review