Before: Save g:ale_lua_lua_format_executable Save g:ale_lua_lua_format_options " Use an invalid global executable, so we don't match it. let g:ale_lua_lua_format_executable = 'xxxinvalid' let g:ale_lua_lua_format_options = '' call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test/fixers') After: Restore call ale#test#RestoreDirectory() Execute(The lua_format callback should return the correct default values): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/lua/testfile.lua') AssertEqual \ { \ 'command': ale#Escape('xxxinvalid') . ' -i', \ }, \ ale#fixers#lua_format#Fix(bufnr('')) Execute(The lua_format callback should include custom lua_format options): let g:ale_lua_lua_format_options = "--no-chop-down-table" call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/lua/testfile.lua') AssertEqual \ { \ 'command': ale#Escape('xxxinvalid') \ . ' ' . g:ale_lua_lua_format_options \ . ' -i', \ }, \ ale#fixers#lua_format#Fix(bufnr(''))