Ionic-cli: Ionic 4.3.0 - cli freezes if starting project using type-parameter

[jase88]

Description:
Ionic CLI freezes cmd.exe on Windows if running ionic start someName blank --type=angular

• CLI last visible message is "Preparing directory done!"
  
  
  
  • Pressing CTRL+C doesn't work, need to force to close cmd
  
  
  • prepared folder stays empty
  
  

Steps to Reproduce:
run ionic start someName blank --type=angular on a Windows machine

Output:

C:\Users\my.username>ionic start someName blank --type=angular --verbose
  ionic:lib Terminal info: { tty: true, ci: false, windows: false } +0ms
  ionic:lib CLI global options: { _: [ 'start', 'someName', 'blank' ], help: null, h: null, verbose: true, quiet: null, interactiv
e: true, color: true, confirm: null, json: null, type: 'angular', project: null, '--': [] } +5ms
  ionic Context: { binPath: 'C:\\Users\\my.username\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\ionic\\bin\\ionic', libPath: 'C:\\Users\
\my.username\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\ionic', execPath: 'C:\\Users\\my.username', version: '4.3.0' } +0ms
V Preparing directory .\someName - done!

My ionic info:
ionic info not possible because Ionic project can't be created

Other Information:
If running ionic start someName blank without the ionic 4 parameter "type" and confirm with y to start a ionic 4 project, everything works as expected

[imhoffd]

@kerosin Another workaround appears to be adding the --no-interactive flag.

[Liam-Ryan]

This is also affecting ionic cordova prepare statements

[nathantaal]

As referenced to 16213 by @kerosin, installing NodeJS 10.9 is also a workaround

[imhoffd]

The fix for this is in CLI 4.3.1!