# Reloading by re-executing include() doesn't seem to work
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reloading-by-re-executing-include-doesnt-seem-to-work/45075
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reloading-by-re-executing-include-doesnt-seem-to-work/45075 "2020-08-17T04:03:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@akdor1154](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/akdor1154)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reloading-by-re-executing-include-doesnt-seem-to-work/45075/1 "2020-08-17T04:03:37Z")
Hey all,
I’m trying to run a reloading workflow just one step in complexity above the basic workflow as described in the manual. 🙂
I have a MWE which I believe fits the same pattern as given in the manual, but still does not seem to work. Can anyone tell me why?
**My workflow**
```nohighlight
julia --project=@. -i reloader.jl
> reload()
"Hello world"
> # now edit JuliaIncludeTest to say "Goodbye world"
> reload()
WARNING: replacing module JuliaIncludeTest.
"Hello world" # wtf? it said it was replaced!
```
**Project structure** (or see [https://github.com/akdor1154/jl-include-test](https://github.com/akdor1154/jl-include-test))
```julia
+ src
- JuliaIncludeTest.jl
- Project.toml
- reloader.jl
```
**src/JuliaIncludeTest.jl**
```nohighlight
module JuliaIncludeTest
greet() = print("Hello World!")
end # module
```
**reloader.jl**
```nohighlight
include("src/JuliaIncludeTest.jl")
function reload()
include("src/JuliaIncludeTest.jl");
JuliaIncludeTest.greet()
end
```
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### Author:  [@dpsanders](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dpsanders)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reloading-by-re-executing-include-doesnt-seem-to-work/45075/2 "2020-08-17T04:40:34Z")
It sounds like you are looking for Revise.jl.
This will automatically reload code that changes in files and packages.
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### Author:  [@akdor1154](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/akdor1154)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reloading-by-re-executing-include-doesnt-seem-to-work/45075/3 "2020-08-17T04:48:06Z")
Thanks for the suggestion, but I started down this track (of working back to an MWE) because Revise wasn’t working for me either (for different reasons, some weird behaviour with Requires I think). So I started down the path of “reproduce as simply as possible”. Now I’m intrigued why this method doesn’t work, as it seems to contradict the manual saying that `include()` should redefine included modules!
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### Author:  [@Per](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Per)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reloading-by-re-executing-include-doesnt-seem-to-work/45075/4 "2020-08-17T12:16:55Z")
The reason why your `reload` function doesn’t work the way you expect it to is that it is compiled _before_ it runs. At compile-time `JuliaIncludeTest.greet()` refers to a different function, because the `include` has not happened yet.
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### Author:  [@Per](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Per)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reloading-by-re-executing-include-doesnt-seem-to-work/45075/5 "2020-08-17T12:23:23Z")
If you’re having problems getting the right version of Revise.jl, it might the issue described in [this thread.](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-pin-revise-at-2/44412)