Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('go', 'gosimple') call ale#test#SetFilename('../go_files/testfile2.go') After: call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The default gosimple command should be correct): AssertLinter 'gosimple', \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(expand('%:p:h')) . ' && gosimple .'