Deny mercurial, git, subverion folders in web sites

I maintain my websites mostly with a source control of some type (Subversion or Mercurial), but the folders with the SCM data should not be displayed on the actual web site.

Here is quick way to disable access to SCM folders in Apache by Ryan on Palaminum.net:

paluminum.net/blog/deny-scm-directories-with-apache