[Feature Request][Spark] Add Row Tracking Backfill

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Feature request

Which Delta project/connector is this regarding?

• [X] Spark
• [ ] Standalone
• [ ] Flink
• [ ] Kernel
• [ ] Other (fill in here)

Overview

This feature tracks the implementation effort of Backfill.

Motivation

Users will be able to enable Row Tracking on existing tables. When Row Tracking is Enabled, Row IDs and Row Commit Versions are assigned automatically to the table rows.

Further details

• Reading and Preserving Row Tracking information.
• Row Commit Versions
• Row Commit Versions design doc
• Row IDs design doc
• Row Tracking protocol

Willingness to contribute

The Delta Lake Community encourages new feature contributions. Would you or another member of your organization be willing to contribute an implementation of this feature?

• [X] Yes. I can contribute this feature independently.
• [ ] Yes. I would be willing to contribute this feature with guidance from the Delta Lake community.
• [ ] No. I cannot contribute this feature at this time.