Before: Save g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_rulesets let g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_rulesets = [] After: Restore Execute(The ktlint handler method GetRulesets should properly parse custom rulesets): let g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_rulesets = ['/path/to/custom/ruleset.jar', '/path/to/other/ruleset.jar'] AssertEqual \ '--ruleset /path/to/custom/ruleset.jar --ruleset /path/to/other/ruleset.jar', \ ale#handlers#ktlint#GetRulesets(bufnr('')) Execute(The ktlint handler method GetRulesets should return an empty string when no rulesets have been configured): let g:ale_kotlin_ktlint_rulesets = [] AssertEqual \ '', \ ale#handlers#ktlint#GetRulesets(bufnr(''))