How to force reload associations in Ecto

Ecto by default doesn't load associations and you have to explicitly call preload:

id = 1
user = Repo.get(User, id) |> Repo.preload(:posts)

If you call preload again on the same user, Ecto won't make the SQL query again because the association is already loaded:

user = user |> Repo.preload(:posts)

But in some cases you do want to reload a preloaded association then you can use force: true:

user = user |> Repo.preload(:posts, force: true)