diff --git a/api/gitapi.py b/api/gitapi.py
index 7b1ae58..071221f 100644
--- a/api/gitapi.py
+++ b/api/gitapi.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from flask import Flask, jsonify
 import os.path
 import os
+import git
 
 
 repositories_base_path = "/opt/opengnsys/images"
@@ -32,6 +33,24 @@ def get_repositories():
         "repositories": repos
     })
 
+
+@app.route('/repositories/<repo>/branches')
+def get_repository_branches(repo):
+
+
+    gitRepo = git.Repo(os.path.join(repositories_base_path, repo + ".git"))
+
+    branches = []
+    for branch in gitRepo.branches:
+        branches = branches + [branch.name]
+
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "branches": branches
+    })
+
+
+
 # Define a route for health check
 @app.route('/health')
 def health_check():
diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index 90ab8a2..8e7eab4 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 click==8.0.4
 dataclasses==0.8
 Flask==2.0.3
+gitdb==4.0.9
+GitPython==3.1.20
 importlib-metadata==4.8.3
 itsdangerous==2.0.1
 Jinja2==3.0.3
 MarkupSafe==2.0.1
 pkg-resources==0.0.0
+smmap==5.0.0
 typing-extensions==4.1.1
 Werkzeug==2.0.3
 zipp==3.6.0