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[FEATURE REQUEST]: split up devicon.json

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### Description

I had this idea before, and was reminded by the `check-bot` comment in https://github.com/devicons/devicon/pull/2135
I am not sure if this works for the whole build and release process, so i guess this needs more input.

**The Idea:**
Split up the `devicon.json` into snippets for each icon. So instead of having one huge json, split it up into a "one json per icon"
So in the example case of the `teleport` icon, we would have a folder like the following:

![image](https://github.com/devicons/devicon/assets/482423/5b8f5526-4343-4bed-9f71-362f0b5231fd)

So each icon folder also includes a `devicon.json` or `teleport.json` (whatever fits better), including only the part specific for this icon.

When ever the full `devicon.json` is needed for build or publish it could be merged with a tool like `jq` or similar,
by iterating over all icon folders, and therefore automatically produce the alphabetical order we want.

### Context

I think the pro side of this split up is, that the contributors, don't need to have to remember that the alphabetical order is needed.

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