docs(provider/env): clarify merge_strategy does not include host environment - #538
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I pushed a commit with a few tweaks for clarity and a deliberate sublist for each of the possible values, but LGTM! 
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merge_strategyschema description forcoder_envonly explained how values merge acrosscoder_envresources. It never mentioned that this excludes any value already present in the workspace's environment, such as a base image'sPATH. A user hit this in coder/coder#27501: appending toPATHacross threecoder_envresources replaced the host'sPATHentirely.Update the schema description and the
coder_envexample to show referencing$PATHin one resource so the host's original value is kept. Ranmake gento regeneratedocs/resources/env.md.Refs coder/coder#27501
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