docs/content/rest/gitignore.md

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Gitignore	The Gitignore API fetches `.gitignore` templates that can be used to ignore files and directories.	fpt ghes ghae ghec * * * *	API	3	/rest/reference/gitignore

About the Gitignore API

When you create a new repository on {% ifversion ghae %}{% data variables.product.product_name %}{% else %}{% data variables.product.product_location %}{% endif %} 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 {% data variables.product.product_name %} .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."