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Distinguish between hot code push and auto-update
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Fixes #76
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wearhere committed May 3, 2016
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Some of the things it does:

* automatically builds and launches a desktop application, rebuilding when code changes
* automatically builds and launches a desktop application, rebuilding when the native code changes
* defines feature detection APIs and a bridge between web and native code
* serves downloads of your application and update feeds

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## Deploying

Hot code push will work to update your app's UI just like it does on the web, since the app is loading the UI
_from_ the web. If you want to update the part of the app that interfaces with the OS, though—to change
the app icon, to add a menu bar icon, etc.—you'll need to distribute a new version of the `.app` or
`.exe`. Here's how to do that.

### Building and serving an auto-updating Mac app

1. Set `Meteor.settings.electron.autoPackage` to `true` to ZIP your app for distribution after it is
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