Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('slim', 'slimlint') let g:default_command = 'slim-lint %t' After: call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The default command should be correct): AssertLinter 'slim-lint', 'slim-lint %t' Execute(The command should have the .rubocop.yml prepended as an env var if one exists): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/slimlint/subdir/file.slim') AssertLinter 'slim-lint', \ ale#Env( \ 'SLIM_LINT_RUBOCOP_CONF', \ ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/../test-files/slimlint/.rubocop.yml') \ ) \ . 'slim-lint %t'