Retrieve the branches matching the supplied filterText param.
        The authenticated user must have REPO_READ permission for the specified repository to call this resource.
        :param start:
        :param project:
        :param repository:
        :param base: base branch/tag to compare each branch to (for the metadata providers that uses that information)
        :param filter:
        :param limit: OPTIONAL: The limit of the number of branches to return, this may be restricted by
                    fixed system limits. Default by built-in method: 99999
        :param details: whether to retrieve plugin-provided metadata about each branch
        :param order_by: OPTIONAL: ordering of refs either ALPHABETICAL (by name) or MODIFICATION (last updated)
        :return:

def get_branches(self, project, repository, base=None, filter=None, start=0, limit=99999, details=True,
                     order_by='MODIFICATION'):
        """
        Retrieve the branches matching the supplied filterText param.
        The authenticated user must have REPO_READ permission for the specified repository to call this resource.
        :param start:
        :param project:
        :param repository:
        :param base: base branch/tag to compare each branch to (for the metadata providers that uses that information)
        :param filter:
        :param limit: OPTIONAL: The limit of the number of branches to return, this may be restricted by
                    fixed system limits. Default by built-in method: 99999
        :param details: whether to retrieve plugin-provided metadata about each branch
        :param order_by: OPTIONAL: ordering of refs either ALPHABETICAL (by name) or MODIFICATION (last updated)
        :return:
        """
        url = 'rest/api/1.0/projects/{project}/repos/{repository}/branches'.format(project=project,
                                                                                   repository=repository)
        params = {}
        if start:
            params['start'] = start
        if limit:
            params['limit'] = limit
        if filter:
            params['filterText'] = filter
        if base:
            params['base'] = base
        if order_by:
            params['orderBy'] = order_by
        params['details'] = details

        return (self.get(url, params=params) or {}).get('values')