fix(testing): omit indexHtmlFile option for cy >12.17.0

cypress currently reappends the cwd to the absolute path resulting in invalid paths
switch to use a relative path based from the cypress config location to the support file
but since the file is in the default locaiton it can be omitted for later cypress verions

packages/angular/plugins/component-testing.ts

@@ -104,15 +104,17 @@ ${e.stack ? e.stack : e}`
     ...nxBaseCypressPreset(pathToConfig, { testingType: 'component' }),
     // NOTE: cannot use a glob pattern since it will break cypress generated tsconfig.
     specPattern: ['src/**/*.cy.ts', 'src/**/*.cy.js'],
-    // cypress defaults to a relative path from the workspaceRoot instead of projectRoot
-    // set as absolute path in case this changes internally to cypress, this path isn't OS dependent
-    indexHtmlFile: joinPathFragments(
-      ctContext.root,
-      ctProjectConfig.root,
-      'cypress',
-      'support',
-      'component-index.html'
-    ),
+    // Cy v12.17.0+ does not work with aboslute paths for index file
+    // but does with relative pathing, since relative path is the default location, we can omit it
+    indexHtmlFile: requiresAbsolutePath()
+      ? joinPathFragments(
+          ctContext.root,
+          ctProjectConfig.root,
+          'cypress',
+          'support',
+          'component-index.html'
+        )
+      : undefined,
     devServer: {
       // cypress uses string union type,
       // need to use const to prevent typing to string
@@ -376,9 +378,7 @@ function isOffsetNeeded(
   ctProjectConfig: ProjectConfiguration
 ) {
   try {
-    const { version = null } = require('cypress/package.json');
-
-    const supportsWorkspaceRoot = !!version && gte(version, '12.9.0');
+    const supportsWorkspaceRoot = isCyVersionGreaterThanOrEqual('12.9.0');
 
     // if using cypress <v12.9.0 then we require the offset
     if (!supportsWorkspaceRoot) {
@@ -413,3 +413,34 @@ function isOffsetNeeded(
     return true;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * check if the cypress version is able to understand absolute paths to the indexHtmlFile option
+ * this is required for nx to work with cypress <v12.17.0 since the relative pathing is causes issues
+ * with invalid pathing.
+ * v12.17.0+ works with relative pathing
+ *
+ * if there is an error thrown then we assume it is an older version of cypress and use the absolute path
+ * as that was supported for longer.
+ *
+ * */
+function requiresAbsolutePath() {
+  try {
+    return !isCyVersionGreaterThanOrEqual('12.17.0');
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true') {
+      logger.error(e);
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the install cypress version is greater than or equal to the provided version.
+ * Does not catch errors as any custom logic for error handling is required on consumer side.
+ * */
+function isCyVersionGreaterThanOrEqual(version: string) {
+  const { version: cyVersion = null } = require('cypress/package.json');
+
+  return !!cyVersion && gte(cyVersion, version);
+}