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gitignore

Get a gitignore template

Get the content of a gitignore template.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github.raw+json: Returns the raw .gitignore contents.
get/gitignore/templates/{name}

Path parameters

namestring required

Response

Response

namestring required
sourcestring required

Example response

{
  "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"
}