Add paths to tsconfig.json for shorter imports

[traeok]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I was looking at a PR with a long relative path and it had me thinking...

import { CredentialManagerOverride } from "../../../../../../packages/security/src/CredentialManagerOverride";

How can we shorten relative imports and make importing more straightforward?

Describe the solution you'd like

We could add paths to tsconfig.json and refer to them with a "root" symbol, e.g. @:
(example is from the CLI, but can be applied here)

import { CredentialManagerOverride } from '@cli/security/...';

Which would involve some changes to tsconfig.json, e.g.:

compilerOptions: {
    baseUrl: "src/",
    paths: {
        "@cli/security": "<path_to_security_modules>",
        // etc.
    }
}

This might also involve updating the webpack config for module resolution.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Relative imports work just fine, but building these might take time depending on the structure of the modules being imported.

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[JTonda]

Related to #2214