Feature request: setting for `allow-duplicate-aliases`
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Description
## Problem
I have a scenario where I am duplicating a recipe imported from another `justfile`, and I want to redeclare the `fc` alias:
```justfile
# base.just
[no-cd]
full-check: biome-check prettier-check tsc-check
alias fc := full-check
# inheriting `justfile`
full-check: biome-check prettier-check eslint-check tsc-check
alias fc := full-check
```
Trying to run `full-check` generates this error:
```text
just --list
error: Alias `fc` first defined on line 31 is redefined on line 49
——▶ node_modules/@sablier/devkit/just/base.just:49:7
│
49 │ alias fc := full-check
```
## Solution
Introduce an `allow-duplicate-aliases` setting.
Or maybe there is no need for this setting, and Just should always allow the inheriting recipe's alias to override the inherited alias?
**Edit**: it looks like if I remove the alias declaration from the inheriting file, the inheriting script gets executed (not the base one), even if the alias is defined in the base file. At any rate, I think this behavior is slightly confusing, and users should be allowed to override aliases if the `allow-duplicate-recipes` setting is enabled.
Maybe this will get solved by https://github.com/casey/just/issues/2349?
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