Add the option to turn off automatic redirect handling

[g-host-one]

Added the option followRedirects to turn off automatic redirect handling.

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[jimklimov]

Looks decent, but I'm not a team member (yet?..) :)

CI fault is with infra:

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At dayjob, we had some (cucumber?) publishing issues so ended up using a lockable resource so one report is published at a time...

[h3nr1-d14z]

triage pass: this feature is still missing on master — the redirect strategy is always wired in (restricted to GET/HEAD since #229), there's no opt-out. the ask is still valid.

the bad news is the PR predates the HttpClient 5 migration (#197) and doesn't apply cleanly anymore. if you're still around and want to rebase, go ahead. otherwise I'm happy to port it onto current master with you credited — just say something in the next couple of weeks so I know you're interested.

— h3nr1-d14z

[g-host-one]

Thanks for the update and for taking the time to look into this! I’ll review the current state this week and get back to you.

[g-host-one]

@h3nr1-d14z I’ve rebased the PR onto the current master, and all tests are passing. The PR is ready for review.