Previously an anonymous GET request to e.g.
https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/HEAD was allowed, as GET requests
are considered pulls and those don't need authentication for a public
repository, but a HEAD request to the same URL was rejected with a 401.
Since the result of a HEAD request is a subset of the result of a GET
request it is safe to allow HEAD as well.
This isn't really a practical issue for Forgejo itself, but I have encountered this in https://codeberg.org/forgejo-aneksajo/forgejo-aneksajo/issues/40. Since the fix isn't git-annex specific I am proposing it here.
## Checklist
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### Tests
- I added test coverage for Go changes...
- [ ] in their respective `*_test.go` for unit tests.
- [x] in the `tests/integration` directory if it involves interactions with a live Forgejo server.
- I added test coverage for JavaScript changes...
- [ ] in `web_src/js/*.test.js` if it can be unit tested.
- [ ] in `tests/e2e/*.test.e2e.js` if it requires interactions with a live Forgejo server (see also the [developer guide for JavaScript testing](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/tests/e2e/README.md#end-to-end-tests)).
### Documentation
- [ ] I created a pull request [to the documentation](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/docs) to explain to Forgejo users how to use this change.
- [X] I did not document these changes and I do not expect someone else to do it.
### Release notes
- [x] I do not want this change to show in the release notes.
- [ ] I want the title to show in the release notes with a link to this pull request.
- [ ] I want the content of the `release-notes/<pull request number>.md` to be be used for the release notes instead of the title.
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/6750
Reviewed-by: Michael Kriese <michael.kriese@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Earl Warren <earl-warren@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: Matthias Riße <m.risse@fz-juelich.de>
Co-committed-by: Matthias Riße <m.risse@fz-juelich.de>
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