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 ## Contributing / Say Thanks
 
-Any help is more than appreciated. Feel free to pick any open unassigned issue and submit a pull request, but please leave a short comment or assign the issue yourself, to avoid working on the same thing.
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-See https://grocy.info/#say-thanks for more ideas if you just want to say thanks.
+Any help is welcome, feel free to contribute anything which comes to your mind or see <<https://grocy.info/#say-thanks> > if you just want to say thanks.
 
 ## Roadmap