[Bug]: Transitive ProjectReference copied even when hidden with PrivateAssets
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Description
### Issue Description
If I have app.csproj > lib2.csproj >(private) lib1.csproj
lib1 should not be present in the output of directory of app, but it is. This is due to RAR's `FindDependencies` behavior. It sees the reference from lib2 to lib1 in metadata, and see's lib1 in lib2's output directory, so it's added to copy.
Unfortunately there's no public property to control RAR's `FindDependencies` parameter. One can specify `_FindDependencies`, as mentioned here to workaround:
https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/blob/8215fb194d24cba1971476188ad97e5498fd2dfb/documentation/wiki/ResolveAssemblyReference.md?plain=1#L40-L45C1
`_FindDependencies` isn't publicly documented, nor is there any way to disable this copying as far as I can tell.
### Steps to Reproduce
Build attached repro.
[privateProjectRef.zip](https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/files/13868644/privateProjectRef.zip)
### Expected Behavior
lib1.dll does not appear in app's output.
### Actual Behavior
lib1.dll is copied to app's output.
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