Document the target field of .fossa.yml target filters

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Overview

The target field of a .fossa.yml target filter has been parsed since #1643 exposed yarn and npm workspace packages as build targets, but neither fossa-yml.md nor the JSON schema mentioned it, and list-targets.md never showed the type@path:target form those projects produce. This documents all three.

Acceptance criteria

A user who sees yarn@./:app in fossa list-targets output can find, in the .fossa.yml reference, how to select it with targets.only.

Testing plan

Docs only. The target example matches the TargetFilter parser in src/Types.hs, which reads target only when path is present.

Risks

None.

Metrics

None.

References

• Split out of #1763, which adds the same targets for pnpm and will extend this wording to cover it.

Checklist

• I added tests for this PR's change (or explained in the PR description why tests don't make sense).
• If this PR introduced a user-visible change, I added documentation into docs/.
• If this PR added docs, I added links as appropriate to the user manual's ToC in docs/README.ms and gave consideration to how discoverable or not my documentation is.
• If this change is externally visible, I updated Changelog.md. If this PR did not mark a release, I added my changes into an ## Unreleased section at the top.
• If I made changes to .fossa.yml or fossa-deps.{json.yml}, I updated docs/references/files/*.schema.json AND I have updated example files used by fossa init command. You may also need to update these if you have added/removed new dependency type (e.g. pip) or analysis target type (e.g. poetry).
• If I made changes to a subcommand's options, I updated docs/references/subcommands/<subcommand>.md.

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Walkthrough

The documentation adds named build-target selection for Yarn, npm, and pnpm workspace projects. The targetFilter schema now supports an optional target field that requires path. The configuration guide documents the target field, its CLI equivalent, and target discovery. The fossa list-targets documentation describes the type@path:target format and shows how to select individual targets with --only-target or .fossa.yml.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9ced7

The schema currently allows a target filter without its required path, which can cause the target selector to be ignored and broader targets to be selected than intended. Merge should wait for this bounded correctness issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/references/files/fossa-yml.v3.schema.json`:
- Around line 285-287: Update the schema definition containing the target
property to conditionally require path whenever target is present, while
preserving existing validation for configurations without target. Ensure the
rule applies to the relevant project configuration object and prevents target
from being accepted without path.

In `@docs/references/subcommands/list-targets.md`:
- Line 28: Update the documentation sentence near the analysis target
configuration link to explicitly describe `.fossa.yml` selection entries under
`targets.only`, and reference `targets.exclude` for exclusion filters instead of
implying a `targets.target` entry.

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