feat: support checking out a version on a branch (#3504)

### Description

Stacked on #3490. Adds an optional version to branch checkout across the
Rust core and the Python and TypeScript SDKs, so you can open a specific
version on a branch ("version V of branch B"), not just the branch's
latest version

Rust

```rust
// Open version 3 of branch "exp" (a read-only view): check out from an
// existing table, or open it directly from the connection.
let exp_v3 = table.checkout_branch("exp", Some(3)).await?;
let exp_v3 = db.open_table("items").branch("exp").version(3).execute().await?;
// checkout_latest re-attaches to the branch's writable HEAD.
exp_v3.checkout_latest().await?;

// With no branch, a version opens main at that version.
let main_v3 = db.open_table("items").version(3).execute().await?;
```

Python

```python
# Open version 3 of branch "exp" (a read-only view): check out from an
# existing table, or open it directly from the connection.
branch_v3 = await table.branches.checkout("exp", version=3)
branch_v3 = await db.open_table("items", branch="exp", version=3)
# checkout_latest re-attaches to the branch's writable HEAD.
await branch_v3.checkout_latest()

# With no branch, a version opens main at that version.
main_v3 = await db.open_table("items", version=3)
```

TypeScript

```typescript
// Open version 3 of branch "exp" (a read-only view): check out from an
// existing table, or open it directly from the connection.
const branchV3 = await (await table.branches()).checkout("exp", 3);
const opened = await db.openTable("items", undefined, { branch: "exp", version: 3 });
// checkoutLatest re-attaches to the branch's writable HEAD.
await branchV3.checkoutLatest();

// With no branch, a version opens main at that version.
const mainV3 = await db.openTable("items", undefined, { version: 3 });
```

### Testing
- Added unit tests (Rust, Python sync + async, TypeScript):
branch-scoped resolution at a version number shared with `main` and with
another branch, read-only enforcement on a pinned handle,
`checkout_latest` recovery to the branch's HEAD, fork-point reads, and
the nonexistent-version/branch error paths.
- Ran smoke tests against the Python and TypeScript SDKs on local
machine.
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Brendan Clement
2026-06-08 17:36:38 -07:00
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@@ -16,15 +16,21 @@ to the branch; writes on it do not affect `main`.
### checkout()
```ts
checkout(name): Promise<Table>
checkout(name, version?): Promise<Table>
```
Check out an existing branch and return a handle scoped to it.
With `version` set, the returned handle is pinned to that version of the
branch (a read-only, detached view); otherwise it tracks the branch's
latest and stays writable.
#### Parameters
* **name**: `string`
* **version?**: `number`
#### Returns
`Promise`&lt;[`Table`](Table.md)&gt;

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@@ -55,3 +55,17 @@ Options already set on the connection will be inherited by the table,
but can be overridden here.
The available options are described at https://docs.lancedb.com/storage/
***
### version?
```ts
optional version: number;
```
Open the table pinned to this version, producing a read-only view.
Composes with [OpenTableOptions.branch](OpenTableOptions.md#branch): when both are set, opens
that branch at the version; otherwise opens `main` at the version. Call
`checkoutLatest` to return to a writable state.