---

kind: change

title: Gitignore Templates API

created_at: 2012-11-29

author_name: pengwynn

---

We recently [made it easy][init-post] to initialize a repository when you create

it [via the API][repo-create]. One of the options you can pass when creating a

repository is `gitignore_template`. This value is the name of one of the

templates from the the public [GitHub .gitignore repository][templates-repo].

The [Gitignore Templates API][new-api] makes it easy to list those templates:

curl https://api.github.com/gitignore/templates

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

[

"Actionscript",

"Android",

"AppceleratorTitanium",

"Autotools",

"Bancha",

"C",

"C++",

...

If you'd like to view the source, you can also fetch a single template.

curl -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.raw' \

https://api.github.com/gitignore/templates/Objective-C

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

# Xcode

.DS_Store

build/

*.pbxuser

!default.pbxuser

*.mode1v3

!default.mode1v3

*.mode2v3

!default.mode2v3

*.perspectivev3

!default.perspectivev3

*.xcworkspace

!default.xcworkspace

xcuserdata

profile

*.moved-aside

DerivedData

.idea/

[init-post]: /changes/2012-9-28-auto-init-for-repositories/

[repo-create]: /v3/repos/#create

[templates-repo]: https://github.com/github/gitignore

[new-api]: /v3/gitignore/