✨ add functions for working with aliases

this might be temporary location until better is found

client/ayon_core/pipeline/product_type_aliases.py

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+"""Tools for working with product type aliases."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+from ayon_core.settings import get_project_settings
+from ayon_core.pipeline import get_current_project_name
+
+def get_product_type_aliases(
+        project_settings: Optional[dict] = None) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Get product type aliases from project settings.
+
+    Args:
+        project_settings (Optional[dict], optional): Project settings.
+            Defaults to None. If not passed, the current project settings
+            will be used.
+
+    Returns:
+        dict[str, str]: A dictionary of product type aliases.
+
+    """
+    if project_settings is None:
+        project_settings = get_project_settings(
+            project_name=get_current_project_name())
+
+    product_type_aliases_raw = project_settings.get("product_type_aliases", {})
+    if not product_type_aliases_raw:
+        return {}
+
+    return product_type_aliases_raw.get("aliases", {})
+
+
+def get_alias_for_product_type(
+        product_type: str,
+        project_settings: Optional[dict] = None
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Get the alias for a product type.
+
+    Args:
+        product_type (str): The product type to get the alias for.
+        project_settings (Optional[dict], optional): Project settings.
+            Defaults to None. If not passed, the current project settings
+            will be used.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The alias for the product type. If no alias is found,
+            None is returned.
+    """
+    product_type_aliases = get_product_type_aliases(project_settings)
+    return product_type_aliases.get(product_type)