How to put reload option in ui-sref markup

Use ui-sref-opts. Here you go:

<a ui-sref="app.editPost({new:true})"
   ui-sref-opts="{reload: true, notify: true}">new post</a>

https://ui-router.github.io/ng1/docs/0.3.1/index.html#/api/ui.router.state.directive:ui-sref