Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('css', 'csslint') After: call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(--config should be set when the .csslintrc file is found): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/csslint/some-app/subdir/testfile.js') AssertLinter 'csslint', 'csslint --format=compact ' \ . '--config=' . ale#Escape(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/../test-files/csslint/some-app/.csslintrc')) \ . ' %t' Execute(--config should not be used when no .csslintrc file exists): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/csslint/other-app/testfile.css') AssertLinter 'csslint', 'csslint --format=compact %t'