Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('php', 'phpcs') After: unlet! g:executable call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The local phpcs executable should be used): call ale#test#SetFilename('../phpcs-test-files/project-with-phpcs/foo/test.php') let g:executable = ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/../phpcs-test-files/project-with-phpcs/vendor/bin/phpcs') AssertLinter g:executable, \ ale#Escape(g:executable) . ' -s --report=emacs --stdin-path=%s' Execute(use_global should override local executable detection): let g:ale_php_phpcs_use_global = 1 call ale#test#SetFilename('../phpcs-test-files/project-with-phpcs/foo/test.php') AssertLinter 'phpcs', \ ale#Escape('phpcs') . ' -s --report=emacs --stdin-path=%s' Execute(Projects without local executables should use the global one): call ale#test#SetFilename('../phpcs-test-files/project-without-phpcs/foo/test.php') AssertLinter 'phpcs', \ ale#Escape('phpcs') . ' -s --report=emacs --stdin-path=%s' Execute(User provided options are used): let g:ale_php_phpcs_options = '--my-user-provided-option my-value' AssertLinter 'phpcs', \ ale#Escape('phpcs') . ' -s --report=emacs --stdin-path=%s --my-user-provided-option my-value'