Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('cpp', 'cppcheck') let b:command_tail = ' -q --language=c++ --enable=style %t' After: unlet! b:command_tail call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The executable should be configurable): AssertLinter 'cppcheck', ale#Escape('cppcheck') . b:command_tail let b:ale_cpp_cppcheck_executable = 'foobar' AssertLinter 'foobar', ale#Escape('foobar') . b:command_tail Execute(cppcheck for C++ should detect compile_commands.json files): call ale#test#SetFilename('cppcheck_paths/one/foo.cpp') AssertLinter 'cppcheck', \ ale#path#CdString(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/cppcheck_paths/one')) \ . ale#Escape('cppcheck') \ . ' -q --language=c++' \ . ' --project=' . ale#Escape('compile_commands.json') \ . ' --enable=style %t' Execute(cppcheck for C++ should detect compile_commands.json files in build directories): call ale#test#SetFilename('cppcheck_paths/with_build_dir/foo.cpp') AssertLinter 'cppcheck', \ ale#path#CdString(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/cppcheck_paths/with_build_dir')) \ . ale#Escape('cppcheck') \ . ' -q --language=c++' \ . ' --project=' . ale#Escape(ale#path#Simplify('build/compile_commands.json')) \ . ' --enable=style %t'