docs: Clarify how migrations are applied with serverpod start#599
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Summary
Notes that
serverpod startapplies migrations during local development (on first boot, or by pressing A in the terminal UI). The explicit--apply-migrationsruntime command stays documented for production and automated pipelines.The remaining
dart run bin/main.dartmentions are intentional: the--role maintenanceand production invocations are runtime calls thatserverpod startshould not replace (it is a development tool and always applies migrations).Part of #565