Resarting/reloading neovim without quitting (sort of)

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credit: chatgpt came up with this recipe for me

**The problem:** Modern package managers like lazy vim require you to restart neovim before any plugin changes can take effect.  Doing `:wq, up arrow, enter` to reload neovim gets old quick when you are developing.

**Solution:** 

First, write a bash script that automatically restarts vim if it exits with a specific exit code. Start all your vim sessions with this script:

```
#!/bin/bash

while true; do
    /usr/bin/nvim "$@"  # change path to real nvim binary as necessary
    if [ $? -ne 1 ]; then
        break
    fi
done
```

You can drop this script into your ~/bin and call it nvim. Just make sure to make it executable and that ~/bin before the path the to real nvim binary in `$PATH`

Next, write a simple keymap that quits neovim and sends the exit code back the script that started neovim. 

vim.api.nvim_set_keymap('n', '<leader>rr', ':lua os.exit(1)<CR>', { noremap = true, silent = true })

If you set everything up right, you'll see a brief flash after run the keymap above and the magically the file will reopen for you. For the best experience, make sure you use plugins that save your last cursor position when you closed so you can pick up right where you left off.