How do I avoid having to clear the browser cache when I make changes?

Question

Nginx

If I make any changes on the site and restart nginx, then the changes will not be displayed on the site until I clear the browser cache.

The nginx config file is set to:

sendfile off;

Is there a way to make it so that I don't have to clear the cache every time I make a change?

Answer 1

To say in the headers of the returned resources that they cannot be cached (a bad way), or to give different urls for files when changes are made, attaching to them, for example, a type parameter example.com/style.css?v=2020070201.
Z.Y. - nginx needs to be restarted in extremely rare cases, use reload.

Answer 2

Are you trying to solve the problem on the front (browser) side on the side of the backend (server)? Why restart ngnix? Discover browsersync, in conjunction with gulp for example.