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-<h1 style="text-align:center">
-    Branch usage checker
-</h1>
+# Branch usage checker
 
-<p style="text-align:center">
-    <a href="https://packagist.org/packages/ivuorinen/branch-usage-checker">
-        <img src="https://img.shields.io/packagist/v/ivuorinen/branch-usage-checker.svg?label=stable" alt="Latest Stable Version">
-    </a>
-  <a href="https://packagist.org/packages/ivuorinen/branch-usage-checker"><img src="https://img.shields.io/packagist/l/ivuorinen/branch-usage-checker.svg" alt="License"></a>
-</p>
+[![Packagist Version][pkg-shield]][packagist] [![License][license]][packagist]
 
-<h2 style="text-align:center">
-    Check when your package branches have last been used.
-</h2>
+## Check when your package branches have last been used
 
-<p style="text-align:center">
-    Use this command line tool to cross-check project
-    public GitHub Branches and Packagist branch
-    download statistics to determine are branches
-    safe to delete.
-</p>
+Use this command line tool to cross-check project public GitHub Branches and
+Packagist branch download statistics to determine are branches safe to delete.
 
 ## License
 
 Branch usage checker is an open-source software licensed under the MIT license.
+
+[packagist]: https://packagist.org/packages/ivuorinen/branch-usage-checker
+[pkg-shield]: https://img.shields.io/packagist/v/ivuorinen/branch-usage-checker
+[license]: https://img.shields.io/packagist/l/ivuorinen/branch-usage-checker.svg