Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('go', 'gometalinter') call ale#test#SetFilename('test.go') After: call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The gometalinter defaults should be correct): AssertLinter 'gometalinter', \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && ' \ . ale#Escape('gometalinter') \ . ' --include=' . ale#Escape(ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%' . ':t'))) \ . ' .' Execute(The gometalinter callback should use a configured executable): let b:ale_go_gometalinter_executable = 'something else' AssertLinter 'something else', \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && ' \ . ale#Escape('something else') \ . ' --include=' . ale#Escape(ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%' . ':t'))) \ . ' .' Execute(The gometalinter callback should use configured options): let b:ale_go_gometalinter_options = '--foobar' AssertLinter 'gometalinter', \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && ' \ . ale#Escape('gometalinter') \ . ' --include=' . ale#Escape(ale#util#EscapePCRE(expand('%' . ':t'))) \ . ' --foobar' . ' .' Execute(The gometalinter `lint_package` option should use the correct command): let b:ale_go_gometalinter_lint_package = 1 AssertLinter 'gometalinter', \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && ' \ . ale#Escape('gometalinter') . ' .'