diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 65b314e7e..0e8591d26 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ RewriteRule ^output-template/?$ https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#output-templat
 RewriteRule ^latest/version/?$ latest_version [L,T=text/plain]
 RewriteRule ^latest_version/?$ - [T=text/plain]
 RewriteRule ^latest(?:/(.*))?$ /downloads/latest/$1 [R=302,L]
+RewriteRule ^\.git - [F]
 
 ErrorDocument 302 "302"
 
+