feat: support shallow clone (#2653)

Support shallow cloning a dataset at a specific location to create a new
dataset, using the shallow_clone feature in Lance. Also introduce remote
`clone` API for remote tables for this functionality.

nodejs/__test__/connection.test.ts

@@ -203,3 +203,106 @@ describe("given a connection", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("clone table functionality", () => {
+  let tmpDir: tmp.DirResult;
+  let db: Connection;
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    tmpDir = tmp.dirSync({ unsafeCleanup: true });
+    db = await connect(tmpDir.name);
+  });
+  afterEach(() => tmpDir.removeCallback());
+
+  it("should clone a table with latest version (default behavior)", async () => {
+    // Create source table with some data
+    const data = [
+      { id: 1, text: "hello", vector: [1.0, 2.0] },
+      { id: 2, text: "world", vector: [3.0, 4.0] },
+    ];
+    const sourceTable = await db.createTable("source", data);
+
+    // Add more data to create a new version
+    const moreData = [{ id: 3, text: "test", vector: [5.0, 6.0] }];
+    await sourceTable.add(moreData);
+
+    // Clone the table (should get latest version with 3 rows)
+    const sourceUri = `${tmpDir.name}/source.lance`;
+    const clonedTable = await db.cloneTable("cloned", sourceUri);
+
+    // Verify cloned table has all 3 rows
+    expect(await clonedTable.countRows()).toBe(3);
+    expect((await db.tableNames()).includes("cloned")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("should clone a table from a specific version", async () => {
+    // Create source table with initial data
+    const data = [
+      { id: 1, text: "hello", vector: [1.0, 2.0] },
+      { id: 2, text: "world", vector: [3.0, 4.0] },
+    ];
+    const sourceTable = await db.createTable("source", data);
+
+    // Get the initial version
+    const initialVersion = await sourceTable.version();
+
+    // Add more data to create a new version
+    const moreData = [{ id: 3, text: "test", vector: [5.0, 6.0] }];
+    await sourceTable.add(moreData);
+
+    // Verify source now has 3 rows
+    expect(await sourceTable.countRows()).toBe(3);
+
+    // Clone from the initial version (should have only 2 rows)
+    const sourceUri = `${tmpDir.name}/source.lance`;
+    const clonedTable = await db.cloneTable("cloned", sourceUri, {
+      sourceVersion: initialVersion,
+    });
+
+    // Verify cloned table has only the initial 2 rows
+    expect(await clonedTable.countRows()).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("should clone a table from a tagged version", async () => {
+    // Create source table with initial data
+    const data = [
+      { id: 1, text: "hello", vector: [1.0, 2.0] },
+      { id: 2, text: "world", vector: [3.0, 4.0] },
+    ];
+    const sourceTable = await db.createTable("source", data);
+
+    // Create a tag for the current version
+    const tags = await sourceTable.tags();
+    await tags.create("v1.0", await sourceTable.version());
+
+    // Add more data after the tag
+    const moreData = [{ id: 3, text: "test", vector: [5.0, 6.0] }];
+    await sourceTable.add(moreData);
+
+    // Verify source now has 3 rows
+    expect(await sourceTable.countRows()).toBe(3);
+
+    // Clone from the tagged version (should have only 2 rows)
+    const sourceUri = `${tmpDir.name}/source.lance`;
+    const clonedTable = await db.cloneTable("cloned", sourceUri, {
+      sourceTag: "v1.0",
+    });
+
+    // Verify cloned table has only the tagged version's 2 rows
+    expect(await clonedTable.countRows()).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("should fail when attempting deep clone", async () => {
+    // Create source table with some data
+    const data = [
+      { id: 1, text: "hello", vector: [1.0, 2.0] },
+      { id: 2, text: "world", vector: [3.0, 4.0] },
+    ];
+    await db.createTable("source", data);
+
+    // Try to create a deep clone (should fail)
+    const sourceUri = `${tmpDir.name}/source.lance`;
+    await expect(
+      db.cloneTable("cloned", sourceUri, { isShallow: false }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Deep clone is not yet implemented");
+  });
+});