Update documentation for clarity

* Added additional information to better explain how to use this
  on macOS.

* Updated some of the deps used

* Minor adjustments in the README.md

Addresses Issue #166
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# GIT quick statistics [![Tweet](https://img.shields.io/twitter/url/http/shields.io.svg?style=social)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Simple%20and%20efficient%20way%20to%20access%20various%20statistics%20in%20git%20repository&url=https://github.com/arzzen/git-quick-stat&via=arzzen&hashtags=git,stats,tool,statistics,developers)
[![Backers on Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/git-quick-stats/backers/badge.svg)](#backers) [![Sponsors on Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/git-quick-stats/sponsors/badge.svg)](#sponsors) [![Homebrew package](https://repology.org/badge/version-for-repo/homebrew/git-quick-stats.svg)](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-quick-stats#default)
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> `git-quick-stats` is a simple and efficient way to access various statistics in a git repository.
>
> Any git repository may contain tons of information about commits, contributors, and files. Extracting this information is not always trivial, mostly because there are a gadzillion options to a gadzillion git commands I dont think there is a single person alive who knows them all. Probably not even [Linus Torvalds](https://github.com/torvalds) himself :).
> Any git repository may contain tons of information about commits, contributors, and files. Extracting this information is not always trivial, mostly because there are a gadzillion options to a gadzillion git commands - I don't think there is a single person alive who knows them all. Probably not even [Linus Torvalds](https://github.com/torvalds) himself :).
![mainMenuScreenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8818630/154823670-f42a111b-45f4-47fc-aea7-80059827c8e6.png)
## Table of Contents
[**Screenshots**](#screenshots)
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### macOS (homebrew)
macOS requires GNU coreutils to be installed and for the non "g" aliased
versions to be exported to your path. The following is an example of how to
perform this if you are using Homebrew as your package manager.
```bash
brew install coreutils
export PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
```
From there, you can install via Homebrew as follows:
```bash
brew install git-quick-stats
```
Or you can follow the UNIX and Linux instructions if you wish.
If you would like to default to using the GNU coreutils (recommended), then you
can add `export PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"` to
your applicable `~/.bash_profile`, `~/.zprofile`, or other relevant profile
based on the shell of your choice.
### Windows
If you are installing with Cygwin, use these scripts:
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basename
cat
column
date
echo
git
grep
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### Dependencies
* [`bsdmainutils`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/bsdmainutils) `apt install bsdmainutils`
* [`bsdextrautils`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/bsdextrautils) `apt install bsdextrautils`
* [`coreutils`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/coreutils) `apt install coreutils`
* [`gawk`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/gawk) `apt install gawk`
* [`grep`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/grep) `apt install grep`
* [`ncurses-bin`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/ncurses-bin) `apt install ncurses-bin`
## FAQ

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################################################################################
function checkUtils() {
readonly MSG="not found. Please make sure this is installed and in PATH."
readonly UTILS="awk basename cat column echo git grep head printf seq sort \
tput tr uniq"
readonly UTILS="awk basename cat column date echo git grep head printf seq \
sort tput tr uniq"
for u in $UTILS
do
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# the user that this will not work rather than having it silently bomb out
# during runtime.
if ! date --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "ERROR: GNU date is required."
echo "If you're on macOS, please install it using 'brew install coreutils'."
echo "Ensure that your PATH is configured to use GNU date as well."
exit 1
echo "ERROR: GNU date is required."
echo "If you're on macOS, please install it using 'brew install coreutils'."
echo "Ensure that your PATH is configured to use GNU date as well."
echo "See the README.md for further details."
exit 1
fi
}