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title: Gitignore
intro: The Gitignore API fetches `.gitignore` templates that can be used to ignore files and directories.
redirect_from:
  - /v3/gitignore
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghae: '*'
  ghec: '*'
topics:
  - API
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