feat(core): allow using project patterns rather than just project names with nx watch

[AgentEnder]

Current Behavior

nx watch accepts a list of project names via --projects, but doesn't use findMatchingProjects and thus has inconsistencies with run-many, affected (--exclude), implicitDependencies, dependsOn, and inputs

Expected Behavior

All projects fields use findMatchingProjects

Related Issue(s)

Fixes #16761

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• nx affected -t e2e-macos --parallel=1 --base= --head=
• nx affected --target=e2e --base=dfae1bf35a711d61a2cf75de65e2e352ebc97188 --head=0555f3bbb71ada26938a5a4668db42c9e1c96dad --parallel=1
• nx affected --target=test --base=dfae1bf35a711d61a2cf75de65e2e352ebc97188 --head=0555f3bbb71ada26938a5a4668db42c9e1c96dad --parallel=1
• nx affected --target=build --base=dfae1bf35a711d61a2cf75de65e2e352ebc97188 --head=0555f3bbb71ada26938a5a4668db42c9e1c96dad --parallel=3
• nx run-many -t check-imports check-commit check-lock-files depcheck --parallel=1 --no-dte
• nx affected --target=lint --base=dfae1bf35a711d61a2cf75de65e2e352ebc97188 --head=0555f3bbb71ada26938a5a4668db42c9e1c96dad --parallel=3
• nx-cloud record -- nx format:check --base=dfae1bf35a711d61a2cf75de65e2e352ebc97188 --head=0555f3bbb71ada26938a5a4668db42c9e1c96dad
• nx documentation --no-dte

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[dstoyanoff]

Hello @AgentEnder, which version should that be part of? Don't see it in the release notes and it also doesn't work for me with 16.1.3. Thanks

[AgentEnder]

Its not released yet, but should be part of 16.2.0 whenever it lands

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