From 3b9c7f842a00b352ba30d14b84ba89fed163dfb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:07:48 +0800
Subject: Add reverse Christmas tree to CONTRIBUTING.md

Also fix the copyright line.

Suggested-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 75ad2a7..64c191f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!---
 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-Copyright (c) 2025 Red Hat
+Copyright Red Hat
 Author: Yumei Huang <yuhuang@redhat.com>
 -->
 
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ to prepare patches and participate in the email-based review process.
 
 * Edit the source code or documentation following the
   [Linux kernel coding style](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html).
+  When adding or editing local variable declarations, please use the reverse
+  Christmas tree as described
+  [here](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/process/maintainer-kvm-x86.rst)
+  and [here](https://hisham.hm/2018/06/16/when-listing-repeated-things-make-pyramids/).
 
 * Stage your changes:
 
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