Hi folks,
In this post I will discuss a security tip. If your web application uses Git for version control, then there would usually be a .git folder in the project’s root folder. Here’s a quick way to prevent users from accessing details under your .git folder from a web browser.
Implement a 404 redirect for any request starting with /.git.
If you use Apache web server and your project users a .htaccess file, you can do this by adding a simple rule to your .htaccess file as follows:
RedirectMatch 404 /\.git
That’s all for now. Happy software development.