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[BuildCheck Suggestion]: Item Glob matching nothing

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Description

### Summary

Check cases and write a suggestion to escape when there is a `*` or `?` symbol in an item `` when the file matching logic matches nothing or returns it as a string.

### Background and Motivation

https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuild-special-characters some characters are special in some contexts and it'd be desirable to check when their interpretation runs into edge cases to encourage developers to escape correctly.

### Sample issue or antipattern that the check should be flagging

https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/issues/10715

### Sample output

"Item on line X, `` was interpreted as a file glob that matched nothing, if you meant it to be a string, escape special characters according to https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuild-special-characters?view=vs-2022"

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