How to reload .gdbinit once modified it?

[c02y]

How to reload .gdbinit once modified it? For example, I add lines or modify the lines in .gdbinit, and I want to see the effect, but I don't want to exit-start gdb again, how can I do that inside the current gdb session?

I tried to execute source ~/.gdbinit at gdb prompt, the changes will take affect, but the command will output some error message such as:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 386, in start
  File "<string>", line 127, in run
gdb.error: Alias already exists: db
~/.gdbinit:1368: Error in sourced command file:
Error while executing Python code.

[cyrus-and]

The point is that you usually don't do that. I maybe could avoid the double initialization, but what's the use case exactly?

[c02y]

For example, I add lines or modify the lines in .gdbinit, and I want to see the effect, but I don't want to exit-start gdb again, how can I do that inside the current gdb session?

[cyrus-and]

Yeah, thanks, I can read... The main .gdbinit file is not meant to be modified by users, so it is not a valid use case. Customization is meant to be achieved by means of external modules/configuration files. If you are maintaining your own version of the dashboard then you're probably savvy enough to figure out what went wrong.