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 # gitistics
 
-Git statistics over multiple Git repositories
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+Git statistics over multiple Git repositories
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+## Usage
+
+| Option | Description
+| -h | show this help page |
+| -u <user/regex> | set a repository username or a regex pattern (brackets etc. must be escaped with \ ) |
+| -r <directory>  | set a directory with your repositories |
+| -v | show verbose output |