The update script now runs the pathogen command that consolidates the

help documents from each plugin and makes them accessible from vim.
Commented things a bit so it's clear what's going on too.

update

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# work from the base directory of the repository
 cd "${0%/*}"
 
+# create the user vimrc file in the directory if it doesn't already exist
 if [ ! -e vim/vimrc.user ]; then [[ -w vim ]] && touch vim/vimrc.user; fi
 
+# update the repository and submodules
 git pull origin
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 
+# delete any submodule no longer in the repository
 [[ -f .gitmodules ]] && for each in vim/bundle/*; do
     if [ -d "$each" ]; then
         if [ -f "${each}/.git" ]; then
@@ -15,4 +19,9 @@ git submodule update --init --recursive
         fi
     fi
 done
+
+# update the help text for any new/changed pathogen plugin
+[[ `type -P vim` ]] && vim -c "Helptags|qa!" &>/dev/null 2>&1
+
+# exit cleanly
 exit 0