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Update the Mac autocomplete to use bash_profile 

On OS X, Terminal by default runs a login shell every time, thus I believe it is simpler for new users to not have to change to change the default. behaviour or source the bashrc file every time. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51036/what-is-the-difference-between-bash-profile-and-bashrc
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@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ You can test if you have bash-completion v2 already installed with `type _init_c
brew install bash-completion@2
```
As stated in the output of this command, add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file:
As stated in the output of this command, add the following to your `~/.bash_profile` file:
```shell
export BASH_COMPLETION_COMPAT_DIR="/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d"
@ -432,10 +432,10 @@ Reload your shell and verify that bash-completion v2 is correctly installed with
You now have to ensure that the kubectl completion script gets sourced in all your shell sessions. There are multiple ways to achieve this:
- Source the completion script in your `~/.bashrc` file:
- Source the completion script in your `~/.bash_profile` file:
```shell
echo 'source <(kubectl completion bash)' >>~/.bashrc
echo 'source <(kubectl completion bash)' >>~/.bash_profile
```
@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ You now have to ensure that the kubectl completion script gets sourced in all yo
- If you have an alias for kubectl, you can extend shell completion to work with that alias:
```shell
echo 'alias k=kubectl' >>~/.bashrc
echo 'complete -F __start_kubectl k' >>~/.bashrc
echo 'alias k=kubectl' >>~/.bash_profile
echo 'complete -F __start_kubectl k' >>~/.bash_profile
```
- If you installed kubectl with Homebrew (as explained [above](#install-with-homebrew-on-macos)), then the kubectl completion script should already be in `/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl`. In that case, you don't need to do anything.