Before: silent! cd /testplugin/test silent file top/middle/bottom/dummy.txt function! CheckTempFile(filename) abort " Check every part of the temporary filename, except the random part. AssertEqual fnamemodify(tempname(), ':h'), fnamemodify(a:filename, ':h:h') AssertEqual 'dummy.txt', fnamemodify(a:filename, ':t') endfunction runtime autoload/ale/command.vim function! ale#command#CreateTempFile(buffer, temporary_file, input) abort return !empty(a:temporary_file) endfunction After: unlet! g:result unlet! g:match delfunction CheckTempFile runtime autoload/ale/command.vim Execute(FormatCommand should do nothing to basic command strings): AssertEqual \ ['', 'awesome-linter do something', 0], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'awesome-linter do something', 0, v:null) Execute(FormatCommand should handle %%, and ignore other percents): AssertEqual \ ['', '% %%d %%f %x %', 0], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', '%% %%%d %%%f %x %', 0, v:null) Execute(FormatCommand should convert %s to the current filename): AssertEqual \ [ \ '', \ 'foo ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p')) . ' bar ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p')), \ 0, \ ], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'foo %s bar %s', 0, v:null) Execute(FormatCommand should convert %t to a new temporary filename): let g:result = ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'foo %t bar %t', 0, v:null) call CheckTempFile(g:result[0]) let g:match = matchlist(g:result[1], '\v^foo (.*) bar (.*)$') Assert !empty(g:match), 'No match found! Result was: ' . g:result[1] " The first item of the result should be a temporary filename, and it should " be the same as the escaped name in the command string. AssertEqual ale#Escape(g:result[0]), g:match[1] " The two temporary filenames formatted in should be the same. AssertEqual g:match[1], g:match[2] Execute(FormatCommand should not convert %t to a new temporary filename when the input is given as v:false): let g:result = ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'foo %t bar %t', 0, v:false) AssertEqual ['', 'foo %t bar %t', 0], g:result Execute(FormatCommand should signal that files are created when temporary files are needed): AssertEqual \ 1, \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'foo %t', 0, v:null)[2] AssertEqual \ 0, \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'foo %s', 0, v:null)[2] Execute(FormatCommand should let you combine %s and %t): let g:result = ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'foo %t bar %s', 0, v:null) call CheckTempFile(g:result[0]) let g:match = matchlist(g:result[1], '\v^foo (.*) bar (.*)$') Assert !empty(g:match), 'No match found! Result was: ' . g:result[1] " The first item of the result should be a temporary filename, and it should " be the same as the escaped name in the command string. AssertEqual ale#Escape(g:result[0]), g:match[1] " The second item should be equal to the original filename. AssertEqual ale#Escape(expand('%:p')), g:match[2] Execute(FormatCommand should replace %e with the escaped executable): if has('win32') AssertEqual \ ['', 'foo foo', 0], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), 'foo', '%e %e', 0, v:null) AssertEqual \ ['', '"foo bar"', 0], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), 'foo bar', '%e', 0, v:null) AssertEqual \ ['', '%e %e', 0], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', '%e %e', 0, v:null) else AssertEqual \ ['', '''foo'' ''foo''', 0], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), 'foo', '%e %e', 0, v:null) AssertEqual \ ['', '''foo bar''', 0], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), 'foo bar', '%e', 0, v:null) AssertEqual \ ['', '%e %e', 0], \ ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', '%e %e', 0, v:null) endif Execute(EscapeCommandPart should escape all percent signs): AssertEqual '%%s %%t %%%% %%s %%t %%%%', ale#engine#EscapeCommandPart('%s %t %% %s %t %%') Execute(EscapeCommandPart should pipe in temporary files appropriately): let g:result = ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'foo bar', 1, v:null) call CheckTempFile(g:result[0]) let g:match = matchlist(g:result[1], '\v^foo bar \< (.*)$') Assert !empty(g:match), 'No match found! Result was: ' . g:result[1] AssertEqual ale#Escape(g:result[0]), g:match[1] let g:result = ale#command#FormatCommand(bufnr('%'), '', 'foo bar %t', 1, v:null) call CheckTempFile(g:result[0]) let g:match = matchlist(g:result[1], '\v^foo bar (.*)$') Assert !empty(g:match), 'No match found! Result was: ' . g:result[1] AssertEqual ale#Escape(g:result[0]), g:match[1]