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   [Feature #24](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/24)
   [PR #9657](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/9657)
 
+* The `meteor create` command now supports a `--minimal` option, which
+  creates an empty app (like `--bare`) with as few Meteor packages as
+  possible, to minimize client-side application size.
+
 ## v1.6.1, 2018-01-19
 
 * Node has been updated to version