Before: Save g:ale_go_go_executable " Use an invalid global executable, so we don't match it. let g:ale_go_go_executable = 'xxxinvalid' call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test/fixers') After: Restore call ale#test#RestoreDirectory() Execute(The gomod callback should return the correct default values): call ale#test#SetFilename('../go_files/go.mod') setl ft=gomod AssertEqual \ { \ 'read_temporary_file': 1, \ 'command': ale#Escape('xxxinvalid') \ . ' mod edit -fmt' \ . ' %t', \ }, \ ale#fixers#gomod#Fix(bufnr(''))