diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index ab5ca6a..f1ee4fe 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ ErrorDocument 401 /errors/401.php
 ErrorDocument 403 /errors/403.php
 ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.php
 ErrorDocument 500 /errors/500.php
+
+#Deny access to git files (actually, return 404 errors)
+RedirectMatch 404 /\\.git(/|$)
+RedirectMatch 404 /\\.gitignore$