Merge pull request sphinx-doc#7936 from tk0miya/7691_HEAD_requests

Fix sphinx-doc#7691: linkcheck: HEAD requests are not used for checking
tk0miya · Jul 11, 2020 · 6059693 · 6059693
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #7715: LaTeX: ``numfig_secnum_depth > 1`` leads to wrong figure links
 * #7846: html theme: XML-invalid files were generated
 * #7894: gettext: Wrong source info is shown when using rst_epilog
+* #7691: linkcheck: HEAD requests are not used for checking
 * #7928: py domain: failed to resolve a type annotation for the attribute
 * #7869: :rst:role:`abbr` role without an explanation will show the explanation
   from the previous abbr role

diff --git a/sphinx/util/requests.py b/sphinx/util/requests.py
@@ -124,4 +124,4 @@ def head(url: str, **kwargs: Any) -> requests.Response:
         headers.setdefault('User-Agent', useragent_header[0][1])
 
     with ignore_insecure_warning(**kwargs):
-        return requests.get(url, **kwargs)
+        return requests.head(url, **kwargs)