Unknown option: '--verbose'

but you can still specify it in angular.json file:

"options": {
    "verbose": true
}

Same with ng build projectName --verbose

ng --version

     _                      _                 ____ _     ___
    / \   _ __   __ _ _   _| | __ _ _ __     / ___| |   |_ _|
   / △ \ | '_ \ / _` | | | | |/ _` | '__|   | |   | |    | |
  / ___ \| | | | (_| | |_| | | (_| | |      | |___| |___ | |
 /_/   \_\_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|\__,_|_|       \____|_____|___|
                |___/
    

Angular CLI: 6.0.7
Node: 8.10.0
OS: linux x64
Angular: 6.0.3
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                            Version
------------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect          0.6.5
@angular-devkit/build-angular      0.6.5
@angular-devkit/build-ng-packagr   0.6.5
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer    0.6.5
@angular-devkit/core               0.6.7
@angular-devkit/schematics         0.6.7
@angular/cli                       6.0.7
@ngtools/json-schema               1.1.0
@ngtools/webpack                   6.0.5
@schematics/angular                0.6.7
@schematics/update                 0.6.7
ng-packagr                         3.0.0-rc.5
rxjs                               6.2.0
typescript                         2.7.2
webpack                            4.8.3

Running ng build without specifying a project name works ng build --verbose When specifying a project name it no longer works

ng build my-lib --verbose
Unknown option: '--verbose'

Why would I want more logging for an already verbose output…we’ll, when building my library the build silently dies and I have no idea what is wrong… “The build worked fine yesterday…”

ng build my-lib
Building Angular Package

Command is done and nothing is built