git-ls-remote: send no-cache header when fetching info/refs

Nick Hengeveld · Junio C Hamano · commit 7fa8ddd6e283 · 2006-04-04T14:36:22.000-07:00
Proxies should not cache this file as it can cause a client to end up with a stale version, as reported here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=114407944125389 Signed-off-by: Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/git-ls-remote.sh b/git-ls-remote.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ http://* | https://* )
         if [ -n "$GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY" ]; then
             curl_extra_args="-k"
         fi
-	curl -nsf $curl_extra_args "$peek_repo/info/refs" ||
+	curl -nsf $curl_extra_args --header "Pragma: no-cache" "$peek_repo/info/refs" ||
 		echo "failed	slurping"
 	;;
 
