Update documentation to add bash autocompletion for help #3423
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Enselic
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Oct 11, 2025
| Then you can do `$ help cp` or `$ help git commit`. | ||
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| Bashcompletion might not work properly with the above command, because `help` is aliased as a function. To resolve this, you can also put the following in your `.bashrc`: |
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can the problematic snippet be fixed so no workaround is needed? I don't fully understand why the original snippet has a problem though. What are the steps to reproduce?
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Related to Issue #293