Close #1439 - Add an :ALEInfoToFile command

5 files changed, 51 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a991808..edb6293e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-/init.vim
-/doc/tags
-.*
 !.editorconfig
 *.obj
+.*
+/doc/tags
+/init.vim
+/test/ale-info-test-file
 tags
diff --git a/autoload/ale/debugging.vim b/autoload/ale/debugging.vim
index cb93ec16..bcfd467d 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/debugging.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/debugging.vim
@@ -211,3 +211,14 @@ function! ale#debugging#InfoToClipboard() abort
 
     call s:Echo('ALEInfo copied to your clipboard')
 endfunction
+
+function! ale#debugging#InfoToFile(filename) abort
+    let l:expanded_filename = expand(a:filename)
+
+    redir => l:output
+        silent call ale#debugging#Info()
+    redir END
+
+    call writefile(split(l:output, "\n"), l:expanded_filename)
+    call s:Echo('ALEInfo written to ' . l:expanded_filename)
+endfunction
diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index 97f1b594..0d3053e2 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -1869,6 +1869,9 @@ ALEInfoToClipboard                                         *ALEInfoToClipboard*
   The command `:ALEInfoToClipboard` can be used to output ALEInfo directly to
   your clipboard. This might not work on every machine.
 
+  `:ALEInfoToFile` will write the ALE runtime information to a given filename.
+  The filename works just like |:w|.
+
 
 ALEReset                                                             *ALEReset*
 ALEResetBuffer                                                 *ALEResetBuffer*
diff --git a/plugin/ale.vim b/plugin/ale.vim
index 1aa35826..56d5c447 100644
--- a/plugin/ale.vim
+++ b/plugin/ale.vim
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ command! -bar ALELint :call ale#Queue(0, 'lint_file')
 command! -bar ALEInfo :call ale#debugging#Info()
 " The same, but copy output to your clipboard.
 command! -bar ALEInfoToClipboard :call ale#debugging#InfoToClipboard()
+" Copy ALE information to a file.
+command! -bar -nargs=1 ALEInfoToFile :call ale#debugging#InfoToFile(<f-args>)
 
 " Fix problems in files.
 command! -bar ALEFix :call ale#fix#Fix()
diff --git a/test/test_ale_info.vader b/test/test_ale_info.vader
index 05c045bb..8914507a 100644
--- a/test/test_ale_info.vader
+++ b/test/test_ale_info.vader
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ Before:
     AssertEqual a:expected_list, split(l:output, "\n")
   endfunction
 
+  call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test')
+
 After:
   Restore
 
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@ After:
   unlet! g:ale_testft2_testlinter2_bar
   delfunction CheckInfo
 
+  call ale#test#RestoreDirectory()
+
 Given nolintersft (Empty buffer with no linters):
 Execute (ALEInfo with no linters should return the right output):
   call CheckInfo([
@@ -251,6 +255,33 @@ Execute (ALEInfo should return appropriately named global variables):
   \ 'let g:ale_testft_testlinter1_foo = ''abc''',
   \] + g:globals_lines + g:command_header)
 
+Execute (ALEInfoToFile should write to a file correctly):
+  if filereadable(g:dir . '/ale-info-test-file')
+    call delete(g:dir . '/ale-info-test-file')
+  endif
+
+  let g:ale_testft_testlinter1_foo = 'abc'
+  let g:ale_testft_testlinter1_bar = ['abc']
+  let g:ale_testft2_testlinter2_foo = 123
+  let g:ale_testft2_testlinter2_bar = {'x': 'y'}
+
+  call ale#linter#Define('testft', g:testlinter1)
+  call ale#linter#Define('testft2', g:testlinter2)
+
+  execute 'ALEInfoToFile ' . fnameescape(g:dir . '/ale-info-test-file')
+
+  AssertEqual [
+  \ ' Current Filetype: testft.testft2',
+  \ 'Available Linters: [''testlinter1'', ''testlinter2'']',
+  \ '  Enabled Linters: [''testlinter1'', ''testlinter2'']',
+  \ ' Linter Variables:',
+  \ '',
+  \ 'let g:ale_testft2_testlinter2_bar = {''x'': ''y''}',
+  \ 'let g:ale_testft2_testlinter2_foo = 123',
+  \ 'let g:ale_testft_testlinter1_bar = [''abc'']',
+  \ 'let g:ale_testft_testlinter1_foo = ''abc''',
+  \] + g:globals_lines + g:command_header, readfile(g:dir . '/ale-info-test-file')
+
 Given testft.testft2 (Empty buffer with two filetypes):
 Execute (ALEInfo should buffer-local linter variables):
   let g:ale_testft2_testlinter2_foo = 123