.vimrc not being sourced when i save or source the file manually

Question

When i write to file, the .vimrc file is not being sourced, meaning i am having to close the terminal then restart.

I have tried. :source $MYVIMRC , :so $MYVIMRC , :source ~/.vimrc , :source ~/.vimrc Also i have tried to implement it this way. I am using, Mac osx, Yosemite. vim nocompatible mode.

augroup reload_vimrc " {
    autocmd!
    autocmd BufWritePost $MYVIMRC source $MYVIMRC
augroup END " }

Answer 1

Remove the " or { like the code below

augroup reload_vimrc
    autocmd!
    autocmd BufWritePost $MYVIMRC source $MYVIMRC
augroup END