@JohannesHoppe had exposed [several reasons](https://github.com/angular-schule/angular-cli-ghpages/pull/120) why this needs to be changed to `buildTarget:` - Configuration is misleading as it might be confused with configurations - `ng` already has a `--configuration` parameter and [is colliding](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/17332) with this one