docs/content/rest/gitignore/gitignore.md

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REST API endpoints for gitignore	Gitignore	true	Use the REST API to get `.gitignore` templates that can be used to ignore files and directories.	fpt ghec ghes * * *	API	/rest/reference/gitignore	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.