How do you hide .git project directories?

Now that I have nginx setup I need to be able to hide my .git directories. What kind of rewrite would I need to stop prying eyes? And where in the server {} or http {} block would it go?

Solution 1:

http {
  server {
    location ~ /\.git {
      deny all;
    }
  }
}

This location directive will deny access to any .git directory in any subdirectory.

Note: This location block must be before your main location block, so that it can be evaluated first.

Solution 2:

Hidden directories and files should never be web accessible. The general answer to your question is:

  location ~ /\.  { return 403; }

This denies access to .git, .svn, .htaccess and similar files in any subdirectory.

Solution 3:

With other solutions I could download /.git/config and others, just /.git was protected. This one denies everything starting with a dot, regardless how deep the requested URL is:

location ~ /\.(.*)/?(.*)? {
    return 404;
}