Make .git directory web inaccessible

Question

I have a website that I use github (closed source) to track changes and update site. The only problem is, it appears the .git directory is accessible via the web. How can I

Answer 1

I didn't want to muck around in the .git directory and wasn't able to get Bennett's solution to work on Apache 2.2, but adding the following to my configuration worked:

RewriteRule ^.*\.git.* - [R=404]