docs: garbage collection HEAD method note

nodejs · Jul 2, 2022 · c2b1c21 · c2b1c21
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@@ -283,6 +283,13 @@ const headers = await fetch(url)
   .then(res => res.headers)
 ```
 
+However, if you want to get only headers, it might be better to use `HEAD` request method.
+
+```js
+const headers = await fetch(url, { method: 'HEAD' })
+  .then(res => res.headers)
+```
+
 ##### Forbidden and Safelisted Header Names
 
 * https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#cors-safelisted-response-header-name