diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index cbedd51a..3848517a 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.8.2
+
+## StaticFiles
+
+* StaticFiles no longer reads the file for responses to `HEAD` requests.
+
 ## 0.8.1
 
 ## Templating
diff --git a/scripts/publish b/scripts/publish
index ced33562..eb9235e0 100755
--- a/scripts/publish
+++ b/scripts/publish
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ find starlette -type d -name __pycache__ -delete
 
 ${PREFIX}python setup.py sdist
 ${PREFIX}twine upload dist/*
+${PREFIX}mkdocs gh-deploy
 
 echo "You probably want to also tag the version now:"
 echo "git tag -a ${VERSION} -m 'version ${VERSION}'"
diff --git a/starlette/__init__.py b/starlette/__init__.py
index 8088f751..deded324 100644
--- a/starlette/__init__.py
+++ b/starlette/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.1"
+__version__ = "0.8.2"
diff --git a/starlette/applications.py b/starlette/applications.py
index 560a60eb..33b67ce4 100644
--- a/starlette/applications.py
+++ b/starlette/applications.py
@@ -92,12 +92,15 @@ class Starlette:
         path: str,
         route: typing.Callable,
         methods: typing.List[str] = None,
+        name: str = None,
         include_in_schema: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
-        self.router.add_route(path, route, methods=methods)
+        self.router.add_route(path, route, methods=methods, name=name)
 
-    def add_websocket_route(self, path: str, route: typing.Callable) -> None:
-        self.router.add_websocket_route(path, route)
+    def add_websocket_route(
+        self, path: str, route: typing.Callable, name: str = None
+    ) -> None:
+        self.router.add_websocket_route(path, route, name=name)
 
     def exception_handler(
         self, exc_class_or_status_code: typing.Union[int, typing.Type[Exception]]
@@ -112,19 +115,24 @@ class Starlette:
         self,
         path: str,
         methods: typing.List[str] = None,
+        name: str = None,
         include_in_schema: bool = True,
     ) -> typing.Callable:
         def decorator(func: typing.Callable) -> typing.Callable:
             self.router.add_route(
-                path, func, methods=methods, include_in_schema=include_in_schema
+                path,
+                func,
+                methods=methods,
+                name=name,
+                include_in_schema=include_in_schema,
             )
             return func
 
         return decorator
 
-    def websocket_route(self, path: str) -> typing.Callable:
+    def websocket_route(self, path: str, name: str = None) -> typing.Callable:
         def decorator(func: typing.Callable) -> typing.Callable:
-            self.router.add_websocket_route(path, func)
+            self.router.add_websocket_route(path, func, name=name)
             return func
 
         return decorator
diff --git a/starlette/routing.py b/starlette/routing.py
index 66037166..c6b6e983 100644
--- a/starlette/routing.py
+++ b/starlette/routing.py
@@ -295,37 +295,46 @@ class Router:
         path: str,
         endpoint: typing.Callable,
         methods: typing.List[str] = None,
+        name: str = None,
         include_in_schema: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         route = Route(
             path,
             endpoint=endpoint,
             methods=methods,
+            name=name,
             include_in_schema=include_in_schema,
         )
         self.routes.append(route)
 
-    def add_websocket_route(self, path: str, endpoint: typing.Callable) -> None:
-        route = WebSocketRoute(path, endpoint=endpoint)
+    def add_websocket_route(
+        self, path: str, endpoint: typing.Callable, name: str = None
+    ) -> None:
+        route = WebSocketRoute(path, endpoint=endpoint, name=name)
         self.routes.append(route)
 
     def route(
         self,
         path: str,
         methods: typing.List[str] = None,
+        name: str = None,
         include_in_schema: bool = True,
     ) -> typing.Callable:
         def decorator(func: typing.Callable) -> typing.Callable:
             self.add_route(
-                path, func, methods=methods, include_in_schema=include_in_schema
+                path,
+                func,
+                methods=methods,
+                name=name,
+                include_in_schema=include_in_schema,
             )
             return func
 
         return decorator
 
-    def websocket_route(self, path: str) -> typing.Callable:
+    def websocket_route(self, path: str, name: str = None) -> typing.Callable:
         def decorator(func: typing.Callable) -> typing.Callable:
-            self.add_websocket_route(path, func)
+            self.add_websocket_route(path, func, name=name)
             return func
 
         return decorator