:calls: `GET /gitignore/templates/:name <http://developer.github.com/v3/gitignore>`_
        :rtype: :class:`github.GitignoreTemplate.GitignoreTemplate`

def get_gitignore_template(self, name):
        """
        :calls: `GET /gitignore/templates/:name <http://developer.github.com/v3/gitignore>`_
        :rtype: :class:`github.GitignoreTemplate.GitignoreTemplate`
        """
        assert isinstance(name, (str, unicode)), name
        headers, attributes = self.__requester.requestJsonAndCheck(
            "GET",
            "/gitignore/templates/" + name
        )
        return GitignoreTemplate.GitignoreTemplate(self.__requester, headers, attributes, completed=True)