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
@@ -432,2 +432,3 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
         const char *cgit_config_env = getenv("CGIT_CONFIG");
+        const char *method = getenv("REQUEST_METHOD");
         const char *path;
@@ -478,2 +479,4 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
         ctx.page.expires += ttl*60;
+        if (method && !strcmp(method, "HEAD"))
+                ctx.cfg.nocache = 1;
         if (ctx.cfg.nocache)
diff --git a/ui-shared.c b/ui-shared.c
index 86a7d29..0dafc83 100644
--- a/ui-shared.c
+++ b/ui-shared.c
@@ -458,2 +458,4 @@ void cgit_print_http_headers(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 {
+        const char *method = getenv("REQUEST_METHOD");
+
         if (ctx->page.mimetype && ctx->page.charset)
@@ -473,2 +475,4 @@ void cgit_print_http_headers(struct cgit_context *ctx)
         html("\n");
+        if (method && !strcmp(method, "HEAD"))
+                exit(0);
 }