Add support for strip_prefix to {new_}git_repository skylark rules

Continuation of https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/4356

An approach at supporting strip_prefix with the git skylark rules.

This approach unfortunately uses symlinks since you cannot clone a subset of a git repository. It creates a tmp directory which is the 'real' clone and then provides a link in place of the expected location of the repository to the path of the required prefix. Behaviour is only changed if a strip_prefix is provided.

Closes #4368.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 181438640
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  1. examples/
  2. scripts/
  3. site/
  4. src/
  5. third_party/
  6. tools/
  7. .gitattributes
  8. .gitignore
  9. AUTHORS
  10. BUILD
  11. CHANGELOG.md
  12. combine_distfiles.py
  13. combine_distfiles_to_tar.sh
  14. compile.sh
  15. CONTRIBUTING.md
  16. CONTRIBUTORS
  17. ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
  18. LICENSE
  19. README.md
  20. WORKSPACE
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