How can I reload .emacs after changing it?

Question

How can I get Emacs to reload all my definitions that I have updated in .emacs without restarting Emacs?

Answer 1

Beside commands like M-x eval-buffer or M-x load-file you can restart a fresh emacs from the command line:

emacs -q --load "init.el"

Usage example stackoverflow.com/questions/44959535/company-backends-in-gnu-emacs/