Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('c', 'clangtidy') call ale#test#SetFilename('test.c') After: call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The clangtidy command default should be correct): AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') . ' %s' Execute(You should be able to remove the -checks option for clang-tidy): let b:ale_c_clangtidy_checks = [] AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') . ' %s' Execute(You should be able to set other checks for clang-tidy): let b:ale_c_clangtidy_checks = ['-*', 'clang-analyzer-*'] AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') \ . ' -checks=' . ale#Escape('-*,clang-analyzer-*') . ' %s' Execute(You should be able to manually set compiler flags for clang-tidy): let b:ale_c_clangtidy_checks = ['*'] let b:ale_c_clangtidy_options = '-Wall' AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') . ' -checks=' . ale#Escape('*') . ' %s -- -Wall' Execute(You should be able to manually set flags for clang-tidy): let b:ale_c_clangtidy_extra_options = '-config=' AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') . ' ' . ale#Escape('-config=') . ' %s' Execute(The build directory should be configurable): let b:ale_c_clangtidy_checks = ['*'] let b:ale_c_build_dir = '/foo/bar' AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') \ . ' -checks=' . ale#Escape('*') . ' %s' \ . ' -p ' . ale#Escape('/foo/bar') Execute(The build directory setting should override the options): let b:ale_c_clangtidy_checks = ['*'] let b:ale_c_build_dir = '/foo/bar' let b:ale_c_clangtidy_options = '-Wall' AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') \ . ' -checks=' . ale#Escape('*') . ' %s' \ . ' -p ' . ale#Escape('/foo/bar') Execute(The build directory should be ignored for header files): call ale#test#SetFilename('test.h') let b:ale_c_clangtidy_checks = ['*'] let b:ale_c_build_dir = '/foo/bar' let b:ale_c_clangtidy_options = '-Wall' AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') \ . ' -checks=' . ale#Escape('*') . ' %s -- -Wall' call ale#test#SetFilename('test.h') AssertLinter 'clang-tidy', \ ale#Escape('clang-tidy') . ' -checks=' . ale#Escape('*') . ' %s -- -Wall' Execute(The executable should be configurable): let b:ale_c_clangtidy_checks = ['*'] let b:ale_c_clangtidy_executable = 'foobar' AssertLinter 'foobar', \ ale#Escape('foobar') . ' -checks=' . ale#Escape('*') . ' %s'