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Comments on How to protect the git respository for a public_html folder on a Linux server?

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How to protect the git respository for a public_html folder on a Linux server?

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On a Linux server, if you leave the .git folder unprotected in the public_html folder, its possible that someone could download the folder and then gain access to your files.

There are two ways I have seen of preventing this,

  • Move it up one level and then in the .gitignore ignore all folders except the public_html.
  • Deny access in the .htaccess.

Is there a better way of protecting the .git folder?

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The best practice here is, Don't deploy your .git folder to your web server. Then there's nothing to protect.

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hkotsubo‭ wrote over 4 years ago · edited over 4 years ago

I was about to ask that. Why put .git in public_html folder in the first place?