So say you have a static website with / hosting up a fully sick website. You've configured all the cache control headers correctly and you host all your scripts with unique cache busting names.
You have a way of determining if the version is out of date and alert the user.
From JavaScript how the heck do you convince the browser to drop the cache for /
The general advice seems to be tell the browser never to cache / which seems dumb?
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