I'm running a (very small) personal site on lighttpd, and updating it via git. I checked my.server.com/.git/config - and was duly served the config file. Eek!
So I edited my /var/www/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file, and added the following lines:
$HTTP["url"] =~ ".git" {
url.access-deny = ("")
}
and
(I have used [asterisk] for the symbol, here, as otherwise it rendered my text italic)
Instead of messing around with access and redirect stuff I would suggest, as others have in this thread, that you just put your files in a subdirectory and use this subdirectory as root for lighttpd.
Problem solved with two commands and you can also add additional stuff to your repository like sources before they went through different processors (coffee script, SASS,...) or various drafts. This way you also have a full copy of everything you need for your site in case something happens to your workstation.
I've moved all my documents from /var/www/lighttpd/mainSite to /var/www/lighttpd/mainSite/webdocs (leaving .git in .../mainSite).
I've updated /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf to point at /var/www/lighttpd/mainSite/webdocs, and confirmed that it's pointing at the right place by editing a file, and confirming that that change shows up on the site.
I've confirmed that there is no .git folder in webdocs (you never know!)
But calling my.site.com/.git/config still serves a file!?
I'm running a (very small) personal site on lighttpd, and updating it via git. I checked my.server.com/.git/config - and was duly served the config file. Eek!
So I edited my /var/www/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file, and added the following lines: $HTTP["url"] =~ ".git" { url.access-deny = ("") }
and (I have used [asterisk] for the symbol, here, as otherwise it rendered my text italic)
$HTTP["host"] =~ "(.[asterisk])" { url.redirect = ( "^/.git(.*)" => "%1/nope.html" ) }
And restarted the server.
But my.server.com/.git/config still served up the config file. What am I missing?