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

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
index 2c9a588d21e4eaf6358148949ace2dc825798c55..b6882a90c15a7b706966e608e00facbb80f26422 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-ls-remote.sh
+++ b/git-ls-remote.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ http://* | https://* )
         if [ -n "$GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY" ]; then
             curl_extra_args="-k"
         fi
         if [ -n "$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"
        ;;
 
                echo "failed    slurping"
        ;;