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Update bash completion docs
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You must configure your shell to enable the completion support. This is because the Homebrew-managed completions are stored under `HOMEBREW_PREFIX`, which your system shell may not be aware of, and because it is difficult to automatically configure `bash` and `zsh` completions in a robust manner, so the Homebrew installer cannot do it for you. You must configure your shell to enable the completion support. This is because the Homebrew-managed completions are stored under `HOMEBREW_PREFIX`, which your system shell may not be aware of, and because it is difficult to automatically configure `bash` and `zsh` completions in a robust manner, so the Homebrew installer cannot do it for you.
## Configuring Completions in `bash` ## Configuring Completions in `bash`
To make Homebrew's completions available in `bash`, you must source the definitions as part of your shell startup. Add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file: To make Homebrew's completions available in `bash`, you must source the definitions as part of your shell startup. Add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file:
```sh ```sh
if type brew 2&>/dev/null; then if type brew 2&>/dev/null; then
for completion_file in $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/*; do source "$(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion"
source "$completion_file" else
done echo "run: brew install git bash-completion"
fi fi
``` ```