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+# Contributing to this project
+
+The issue tracker is the preferred channel for [bug reports](#bugs), [features requests](#features) and [submitting pull requests](#pull-requests)
+
+Before submitting a new issue please spend a couple of minutes on research:
+
+* Check [🛑 Common issues](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/tree/main/dockerfiles#-common-issues) 
+* Check [💡 Closed issues](https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed) if a similar issue was solved in the past.