<plugin>
    <groupId>org.ec4j.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>editorconfig-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version><!-- check the latest on http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/ec4j/maven/editorconfig-maven-plugin/ --></version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <id>check</id>
        <phase>verify</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>check</goal>
        </goals>
      </execution>
    </executions>
    <configuration>
      <!-- See http://ec4j.github.io/editorconfig-maven-plugin/ for full configuration reference -->
      <excludes>
        <!-- Note that maven submodule directories and many non-source file patterns are excluded by default -->
        <!-- see https://github.com/ec4j/editorconfig-linters/blob/master/editorconfig-lint-api/src/main/java/org/ec4j/lint/api/Constants.java#L37 -->
        <!-- You can exclude further files from processing: -->
        <exclude>src/main/**/*.whatever</exclude>
      </excludes>
      <!-- All files are included by default:
      <includes>
        <include>**</include>
      </includes>
      -->
    </configuration>
  </plugin>

mvn editorconfig:format