help: surface ADR-0017/0018 auto-fill semantics (B1)

ADR-0017 added --force-conversion / --dont-convert as
opt-in flags on `change column`; the help text already
mentioned the flags but didn't explain when they apply.
ADR-0018 generalised serial beyond PK and added auto-fill
on `add column ... (serial|shortid)` for non-empty tables;
none of that was reflected in user-visible help.

This commit:

- Annotates the `add column` line with a continuation note
  that adding serial/shortid to a non-empty table
  auto-fills existing rows.
- Annotates the `change column` line with a continuation
  note that converting to serial/shortid auto-fills null
  cells.
- Appends an "Auto-generated types" section explaining
  serial and shortid: how they auto-fill, that they imply
  UNIQUE outside a PK (serial) or always (shortid), and
  that adding/converting-to either type on a non-empty
  table auto-fills existing/null cells.

The new test
`help_describes_auto_generated_type_behaviour` pins these
phrases so a future help-text edit can't silently drop the
pedagogical lines. The existing
`help_command_lists_supported_commands` and
`help_lists_export_and_import` tests still pass — they
only assert substring presence.

No engine vocabulary leaks (ADR-0002 posture preserved).
536 -> 537 passing, clippy clean.
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@@ -1210,10 +1210,12 @@ impl App {
" create table <T> with pk [<col>:<type>...]",
" drop table <T>",
" add column [to] [table] <T>: <col> (<type>)",
" (for serial/shortid on a non-empty table: existing rows auto-filled)",
" drop column [from] [table] <T>: <col>",
" rename column [in] [table] <T>: <old> to <new>",
" change column [in] [table] <T>: <col> (<newtype>)",
" [--force-conversion | --dont-convert]",
" (to serial/shortid: null cells auto-filled with generated values)",
" add 1:n relationship [as <name>] from <P>.<col> to <C>.<col>",
" [on delete <action>] [on update <action>] [--create-fk]",
" drop relationship <name>",
@@ -1223,6 +1225,14 @@ impl App {
" show table <T>",
" show data <T>",
"Types: text, int, real, decimal, bool, date, datetime, blob, serial, shortid",
"Auto-generated types (serial, shortid):",
" serial — integer that auto-fills with the next sequence value",
" (MAX(col)+1) on insert. Outside a primary key it carries",
" a UNIQUE contract.",
" shortid — short base58 identifier auto-filled at insert time. Always",
" carries a UNIQUE contract.",
" Adding or changing-to either type on a non-empty table auto-fills",
" existing/null cells in the same operation.",
] {
self.note_system(line);
}