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Dev Prakash Sharma 5cee642450 Added Intros for REST API Pages (#8371)
Co-authored-by: Sarah Edwards <skedwards88@github.com>
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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: '*'
topics:
- API
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---
When you create a new {% data variables.product.product_name %} repository via the API, you can specify a [.gitignore template](/github/getting-started-with-github/ignoring-files) to apply to the repository upon creation. The .gitignore templates API lists and fetches templates from the {% data variables.product.product_name %} [.gitignore repository](https://github.com/github/gitignore).
### Custom media types for gitignore
You can use this custom media type when getting a gitignore template.
application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw
For more information, see "[Media types](/rest/overview/media-types)."
{% include rest_operations_at_current_path %}