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Use the REST API to get .gitignore templates that can be used to ignore files and directories.

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<p>List all templates available to pass as an option when <a href="https://docs.github.com/github-ae@latest/rest/repos/repos#create-a-repository-for-the-authenticated-user">creating a repository</a>.</p>

Get all gitignore templates

NAME

Gitignore Template

<p>The API also allows fetching the source of a single template.
Use the raw <a href="https://docs.github.com/github-ae@latest/rest/overview/media-types/">media type</a> to get the raw contents.</p>

name

Get a gitignore template