ESLint/prettier conflict when using cumulusci namespace placeholder in Apex

Question

I am getting the below error when I run npm run prettier and when I commit (since I have a husky hook) a couple of Apex classes that use namespace placeholders .

Error: Found punctuation symbol or operator '%' that isn't valid in Apex.

I tried telling prettier and eslint to ignore these lines of code but I keep getting the same errors. Example:

// eslint-disable-next-line prettier-ignore
System.assertEquals('3/30/2015', 
   %%%NAMESPACE_DOT%%%DateUtils.formatDate(firstMonday('3/30/2015'), 'M/d/yyyy'));