Maksym Ionutsa 11972cc67e docs: clarify preview vs persistent branches (#41835) ...

## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

YES

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

- Clarifies that preview branches are ephemeral and auto‑paused/deleted
after inactivity or PR close/merge.
- States that persistent branches are recommended for staging/QA/dev and
do not auto‑pause/delete.

Users often expect branches to behave like Git branches and be
persistent by default. They create staging/dev environments without
switching to persistent and are surprised when the preview branch is
deleted.

Relatively common cause for support tickets.  

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Documentation**
* Enhanced branching guide with clarified behavior for Preview Branches
(ephemeral with automatic cleanup) and Persistent Branches (long-lived
without automatic cleanup).

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