Add useRole configuration option for Firebase App Hosting

[dherbst]

Firebase App Hosting configures the backend server so that it can use Role based authentication instead of needing a file for GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. Therefore, it is not necessary for the nuxt-vuefire module to warn that the GAC environment variable is missing and not initialize the firebase application on the server side.

This PR adds a new configuration option to nuxt-vuefire to specify that the server is going to use role based authentication and the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable is not necessary.

This fixes issue #1636 when deploying to Firebase App Hosting so you do not need to add an additional unnecessary credential.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added a useRole option to enable role-based authentication for Firebase App Hosting (defaults to false).
  • App Check behavior updated to work smoothly when role-based authentication is enabled.

• Documentation

  • Docs updated with guidance and examples for configuring and using role-based authentication with VueFire.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Adds a new boolean useRole option to the Nuxt VueFire module configuration. The option is declared in public types, passed through module resolution and runtime config, influences hasServiceAccount computation and App Check disablement logic, and is included in a test fixture and docs.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Configuration and Types packages/nuxt/src/module/options.ts, docs/nuxt/getting-started.md	Added optional useRole?: boolean to VueFireNuxtModuleOptions with documentation explaining role-based authentication requirements for Firebase App Hosting.
Module Implementation packages/nuxt/src/module.ts	Propagated useRole into resolved options and runtime config; adjusted hasServiceAccount to consider useRole; modified App Check disablement condition and log message to account for useRole.
Test Fixture packages/nuxt/tests/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts	Added useRole: false to the fixture's vuefire.auth configuration.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Poem

🐰 A little role hops into view,
A toggle set to false or true,
It joins the configs, neat and small,
Helping auth when calls befall.
Hooray — a rabbit's tiny cue! 🥕✨

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title directly and accurately summarizes the main change: adding a new useRole configuration option specifically for Firebase App Hosting support.
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Actionable comments posted: 1

🤖 Fix all issues with AI agents

In `@packages/nuxt/src/module/options.ts`:
- Around line 48-53: Update the JSDoc above the useRole option to reference the
correct environment variable name: replace GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_CREDENTIALS with
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS in the comment for the useRole property so the
documentation matches the actual env var; locate the comment block immediately
preceding the useRole?: boolean declaration and edit its text accordingly.