trying htaccess to prevent access to certain content

.htaccess

@@ -2,3 +2,14 @@
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
 RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]
+
+# denying access
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8217430/how-to-redirect-only-when-exact-url-matches
+RedirectMatch 403 ^/docs/?$
+RedirectMatch 403 ^/styles/?$
+RedirectMatch 403 ^/styles/.*$
+#RedirectMatch 403 ^/.git/?$
+RedirectMatch 403 ^/README.md$
+RedirectMatch 403 ^/alphabet.txt$
+#RedirectMatch 403 ^/.htaccess$
+RedirectMatch 403 ^/.gitignore$