Gitignore

The Gitignore API fetches .gitignore templates that can be used to ignore files and directories.

About the Gitignore API

When you create a new repository on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance via the API, you can specify a .gitignore template to apply to the repository upon creation. The .gitignore templates API lists and fetches templates from the GitHub Enterprise Server .gitignore repository.

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."

Get all gitignore templates

Funciona com o GitHub Apps

List all templates available to pass as an option when creating a repository.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified

Exemplos de código

get/gitignore/templates

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gitignore/templates

Response

Status: 200

[
  "Actionscript",
  "Android",
  "AppceleratorTitanium",
  "Autotools",
  "Bancha",
  "C",
  "C++"
]

Get a gitignore template

Funciona com o GitHub Apps

The API also allows fetching the source of a single template. Use the raw media type to get the raw contents.

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`name`stringRequired

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified

Exemplos de código

get/gitignore/templates/{name}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gitignore/templates/NAME

Response

Status: 200

{
  "name": "C",
  "source": "# Object files\n*.o\n\n# Libraries\n*.lib\n*.a\n\n# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)\n*.dll\n*.so\n*.so.*\n*.dylib\n\n# Executables\n*.exe\n*.out\n*.app\n"
}