Create dump with: ./emacs --batch -l ~/.emacs.d/dump-init.el \ -eval '(dump-emacs-portable "spacemacs.pdmp")' Load dump with: ./emacs --dump-file=spacemacs.pdmp User can require/load additional libraries in new dotfile function: dotspacemacs/user-load
As we need to have version files available in tests without loading the whole init.el file.