How do I hide directories in Apache, specifically source-control?

Question

I want to keep my website/s in version control (Subversion specifically) and use svn co to update it when there are stable versions to update, but I\'m concerne

Answer 1

I use the following which returns a simple 404 to the user, not revealing that the source control directory actually exists:

RedirectMatch 404 /\.(svn|git)(/|$)