Use the REST API to get `.gitignore` templates that can be used to ignore files and directories.
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About gitignore
When you create a new repository on {% ifversion ghae %}{% data variables.product.product_name %}{% else %}{% data variables.location.product_location %}{% endif %} 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.product_name %} .gitignore repository.
You can use the application/vnd.github.raw custom media type when getting a gitignore template. For more information, see "Media types."
