| 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: # DO NOT MANUALLY EDIT. CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY A 🤖 | |
| 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](/get-started/git-basics/ignoring-files) 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](https://github.com/github/gitignore). | |
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