When I do this, I get the message below:
Command :
ionic start blank myapp --v2
Error :
[ERROR] Sorry! The --v1 and --v2 flags have been removed. Use the --type option. (ionic start --help) For Ionic Angular projects, try ionic start blank myapp --type=ionic-angular
My Ionic CLI version is :
ionic -v
3.3.0
You don't have to specify --v2 for an Ionic 2 project because an Ionic 3 project is just an Ionic 2 project with some new features such as lazy loading and adoption of Angular 4 instead of Angular 2 .Just like Angular 2 and 4 are the same framework ,Ionic 2 and 3 are the same also
Update 2 : You can no longer create Ionic 2 project in Ionic 3 CLI.
As Ionic 2 was not updated & is rewritten using Ionic 3, which uses Angular 4.
So if you create new Ionic project it will use Ionic 3 by default.
Update 1 : More Info Available Here
With the updates few changes are done in syntax as well :
To create a new project : (You have 3 templates available with Ionic i.e. blank, tabs, sidemenu)
Yes, You can check this link out
I have ionic -v 2.2.2 right now so couldn't test it, so please try and let me know ;)