nginx deny directory and files to be downloaded

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Published on 2013-10-23T21:48:09Z Indexed on 2013/10/23 21:55 UTC
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gurus. I have a problem and i dont know how to solve it. I am working with Git and Compass/SASS on some projects. Now i want to protect those directories. When i go only to the folder its all fine – i get what i expected a 403 forbidden.

location ~ /\.git {
        deny all;
}

But when i try use the full path to the config file from git the browser start to download it. Same scenario with compass. There is a config.rb file within the folder which also starts to download it. How can i prevent this behaviour?

How can i deny downloading specific files?

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