metadata
title: REST API endpoints for gitignore
shortTitle: Gitignore
allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
intro: >-
Use the REST API to get `.gitignore` templates that can be used to ignore
files and directories.
versions:
fpt: '*'
ghec: '*'
ghes: '*'
topics:
- API
redirect_from:
- /rest/reference/gitignore
autogenerated: rest
About gitignore
When you create a new repository on {% data variables.product.github %} via the API, you can specify a .gitignore template to apply to the repository upon creation. You can use the REST API to get .gitignore templates from the {% data variables.product.github %} .gitignore repository.