Provide a way to clone a ast tree includes it's all children

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api, plugin, transformer

Suggestion

Provide a way to clone an ast tree not only top level node but includes it's all children.

Use Cases

Currently, replace node with the original node is not work with textChanges(It will fail an assert).

So I have to do it like this: https://github.com/HearTao/ts-react-hooks-tools/blob/main/src/utils.ts#L458-L476.

I think It's not a good idea even it works.

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Checklist

My suggestion meets these guidelines:

• This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
• This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
• This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
• This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, etc.)
• This feature would agree with the rest of TypeScript's Design Goals.

Start by reviewing the linked service.ts usage and utils.ts workaround for replacing AST nodes with textChanges. Trace how the TypeScript AST and transformer APIs handle node children and text changes. Done means providing a supported way to clone an AST node together with all its children without triggering the reported assertion failure.