Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('ruby', 'standardrb') call ale#test#SetFilename('dummy.rb') let g:ale_ruby_standardrb_executable = 'standardrb' let g:ale_ruby_standardrb_options = '' After: call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(Executable should default to standardrb): AssertLinter 'standardrb', ale#Escape('standardrb') \ . ' --format json --force-exclusion --stdin %s' Execute(Should be able to set a custom executable): let g:ale_ruby_standardrb_executable = 'bin/standardrb' AssertLinter 'bin/standardrb' , ale#Escape('bin/standardrb') \ . ' --format json --force-exclusion --stdin %s' Execute(Setting bundle appends 'exec standardrb'): let g:ale_ruby_standardrb_executable = 'path to/bundle' AssertLinter 'path to/bundle', ale#Escape('path to/bundle') \ . ' exec standardrb' \ . ' --format json --force-exclusion --stdin %s'