The [`checkstyle-header.txt`](https://github.com/spring-io/spring-javaformat/blob/main/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-header.txt) in the project does not seem to be a valid regexp: ``` java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Illegal/unsupported escape sequence near index 12 ^\Q^\Q/*\E$\E$ ``` (the index might not be exact) Also, this file is ignored. To use it, you need to patch the checkstyle configuration as follows: ```xml <module name="io.spring.javaformat.checkstyle.SpringChecks"> <property name="headerFile" value="${config_loc}/checkstyle-header.txt"/> </module> ```