fix(core): options should be read correctly for project inference

[AgentEnder]

There's an issue with how we read configuration in Nx 17. It results in default values not being applied for some options, and project inference not working after migration.

This updates config handling to merge all values rather than relying on nullish handling.

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[NathanWalker]

Thanks @AgentEnder this appears to resolve the CI issue we were seeing 👍

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