util/vizerror: add new package for visible errors

Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>

util/vizerror/vizerror.go

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+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+// Package vizerror provides types and utility funcs for handling visible errors
+// that are safe to display to end users.
+package vizerror
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// Error is an error that is safe to display to end users.
+type Error error
+
+// New returns an error that formats as the given text.
+func New(text string) error {
+	return Error(errors.New(text))
+}
+
+// Errorf returns an error with the specified format and values.
+func Errorf(format string, a ...any) error {
+	return Error(fmt.Errorf(format, a...))
+}