Added ignore of directory "api" which is a link to another repo. View comments.

Author: Thomaz, Martin

Diff for: .gitignore

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+# Adding the folder "avr/cores/arduino/api" to ignore list
+# this folder point to the repo below, and note not "master" but "api-release-cpp"
+# https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-api/tree/api-release-cpp
+api