add cacheStartUrl config option

README.md

@@ -262,11 +262,16 @@ module.exports = withPWA({
   - default: `[]`
   - example: `[/chunks\/images\/.*$/]` - Don't precache files under `.next/static/chunks/images` (Highly recommend this to work with  `next-optimized-images` plugin)
   - doc: Array of (string, RegExp, or function()). One or more specifiers used to exclude assets from the precache manifest. This is interpreted following the same rules as Webpack's standard exclude option.
+- cacheStartUrl - whether to cache start url
+  - default: `true`
+  - [discussion of use case to not cache start url at all](https://github.com/shadowwalker/next-pwa/pull/296#issuecomment-1094167025)
 - dynamicStartUrl - if your start url returns different HTML document under different state (such as logged in vs. not logged in), this should be set to true.
   - default: `true`
+  - effective when `cacheStartUrl` set to `true`
   - recommend: set to **false** if your start url always returns same HTML document, then start url will be precached, this will help to speed up first load.
 - dynamicStartUrlRedirect - if your start url redirect to another route such as `/login`, it's recommended to setup this redirected url for the best user experience.
   - default: `undefined`
+  - effective when `dynamicStartUrlRedirect` set to `true`
 - fallbacks - config precached routes to fallback when both cache and network not available to serve resources.
   - **if you just need a offline fallback page, simply create a `/_offline` page such as `pages/_offline.js` and you are all set, no configuration necessary**
   - default: `object`

index.js

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ module.exports = (nextConfig = {}) => ({
       register = true,
       dest = distDir,
       sw = 'sw.js',
+      cacheStartUrl = true,
       dynamicStartUrl = true,
       dynamicStartUrlRedirect,
-      cacheStartUrl = true,
       skipWaiting = true,
       clientsClaim = true,
       cleanupOutdatedCaches = true,

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "next-pwa",
-  "version": "5.5.1",
+  "version": "5.5.2",
   "description": "Next.js with PWA, powered by workbox.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/shadowwalker/next-pwa",