Currently as of 2018 Dec and with Angular cli 7.0.7, minimal option has been added back. It means Create a barebones project without any testing frameworks .

You can check angular cli version 7 document for the list of options.

Below is the list of options return by ng new --help command.

ng new --help arguments: name The name of the workspace. options: --collection (-c) Schematics collection to use. --commit Initial repository commit information. --create-application Flag to toggle creation of an application in the new workspace. --defaults When true, disables interactive input prompts for options with a default. --directory The directory name to create the workspace in. --dry-run (-d) When true, run through and report activity without writing out results. --experimental-ivy EXPERIMENTAL: Specifies whether to create a new application which uses the Ivy rendering engine. --force (-f) When true, force overwriting of existing files. --help Shows a help message for this command in the console. --inline-style (-s) Specifies if the style will be in the ts file. --inline-template (-t) Specifies if the template will be in the ts file. --interactive When false, disables interactive input prompts. --minimal Create a barebones project without any testing frameworks --new-project-root The path where new projects will be created. --prefix (-p) The prefix to apply to generated selectors. --routing Generates a routing module. --skip-git (-g) Skip initializing a git repository. --skip-install Skip installing dependency packages. --skip-tests (-S) Skip creating spec files. --style The file extension to be used for style files. --verbose (-v) Adds more details to output logging. --view-encapsulation Specifies the view encapsulation strategy.

As of Angular cli 6.0.8, minimal option seems to have been removed. You may have to run --skip-tests, --inline-style and --inline-template like the other answer suggests to get the minimal project.

According to angular cli wiki page, these are the options available

dry-run

force

verbose collection

inline-style

inline-template

view-encapsulation

routing

prefix

style

skip-tests

skip-package-json

If you run this command: ng new --help , you can see what options are available with Angular cli 6.0.8