How do I tell IntelliJ IdeaVim to re-source the .ideavimrc

Question

I made some changes to my .ideavimrc and I want IntelliJ IdeaVim to reload the file. I can obviously close and reopen IntelliJ, but that sucks.

How can I re-source my .ideavimrc without restarting IntelliJ?

Solution

In Intellij's code editor window while in command mode, type a colon, that opens up a mini bar at the bottom. Then type

:source ~/.ideavimrc

Comments

[blueberry_chopsticks]

And as a bonus, map that command to an ideaVIM keystroke: nnoremap <leader>si :source ~/.ideavimrc<CR>

[Steven Pribilinskiy]

Looks like it doesn't work on Windows. I've tried with fully qualified path too, e.g. :source C:\Users\user\.ideavimrc

[Jacob Pavlock]

@StevenPribilinskiy it works if you use / instead of \ in the path