Atmosphere CLI improvements: interactive search and install from git

These Atmosphere CLI improvements are now included in Meteor 3.6-beta.0, making packages easier to discover, manage, and work on directly from the terminal.

meteor update --release 3.6-beta.0

  • Interactive package management: Run meteor add to search Atmosphere and select multiple packages, or meteor remove to filter and remove installed packages. Use --search to start with a query. Existing non-interactive commands remain unchanged.
  • Better discovery: The picker now includes recommended core and popular community packages, prioritizes recently updated packages, and marks those already installed. Press ? to view package details, maintainers, repository information, and a README preview.
  • Packages directly from Git: Use meteor add <url|owner/repo> to clone a package into packages/ and register it automatically, ready to inspect, debug, or modify. --from remains available, with options for branches, tags, commits, subdirectories, and custom destinations.
  • Projects from Git: meteor create <url> also accepts repository or subdirectory URLs directly, without requiring --from, and can infer the project directory name.

Please test these flows and share your feedback so we can address the remaining edge cases before the official Meteor 3.6 release.

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