2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index 411e421..dc1c2e4 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ static int calc_ttl()
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
         const char *cgit_config_env = getenv("CGIT_CONFIG");
+        const char *method = getenv("REQUEST_METHOD");
         const char *path;
         char *qry;
         int err, ttl;
@@ -476,6 +477,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
         ttl = calc_ttl();
         ctx.page.expires += ttl*60;
+        if (method && !strcmp(method, "HEAD"))
+                ctx.cfg.nocache = 1;
         if (ctx.cfg.nocache)
                 ctx.cfg.cache_size = 0;
         err = cache_process(ctx.cfg.cache_size, ctx.cfg.cache_root,
diff --git a/ui-shared.c b/ui-shared.c
index 86a7d29..0dafc83 100644
--- a/ui-shared.c
+++ b/ui-shared.c
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ void cgit_print_age(time_t t, time_t max_relative, char *format)
 
 void cgit_print_http_headers(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 {
+        const char *method = getenv("REQUEST_METHOD");
+
         if (ctx->page.mimetype && ctx->page.charset)
                 htmlf("Content-Type: %s; charset=%s\n", ctx->page.mimetype,
                       ctx->page.charset);
@@ -471,6 +473,8 @@ void cgit_print_http_headers(struct cgit_context *ctx)
         if (ctx->page.etag)
                 htmlf("ETag: \"%s\"\n", ctx->page.etag);
         html("\n");
+        if (method && !strcmp(method, "HEAD"))
+                exit(0);
 }
 
 void cgit_print_docstart(struct cgit_context *ctx)