| 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 |
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| redirect_from |
/rest/reference/gitignore |
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| autogenerated |
rest |
| category |
Manage repositories and code |
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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.