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Apache conf snippet to hide .git directories and .gitignore files.
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# do not allow .git version control files to be issued
<Directorymatch "^/.*/\.git+/">
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directorymatch>
<Files ~ "^\.git">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
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should be added into httpd.conf, not .htaccess

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jasco commented Jan 22, 2015

The + matches one or more 't', which might not be what you had in mind. In any event, if you want to match the .git directory and .gitignore file you might consider a Directorymatch on "/.git/" and a Files without regex on ".gitignore"

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