Before: runtime ale_linters/ansible/ansible_lint.vim call ale#test#SetFilename('main.yml') let b:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = 1 After: unlet! b:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace call ale#linter#Reset() Execute(The ansible-lint handler should handle basic errors): AssertEqual \ [ \ { \ 'lnum': 35, \ 'col': 0, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'text': 'Trailing whitespace', \ 'code': 'EANSIBLE0002', \ }, \ ], \ ale_linters#ansible#ansible_lint#Handle(bufnr(''), [ \ fnamemodify(tempname(), ':h') . '/main.yml:35: [EANSIBLE0002] Trailing whitespace', \ ]) Execute(The ansible-lint handler should supress trailing whitespace output when the option is used): let b:ale_warn_about_trailing_whitespace = 0 AssertEqual \ [ \ ], \ ale_linters#ansible#ansible_lint#Handle(bufnr(''), [ \ fnamemodify(tempname(), ':h') . '/main.yml:35: [EANSIBLE0002] Trailing whitespace', \ ]) Execute (The ansible-lint handler should handle names with spaces): AssertEqual \ [ \ { \ 'lnum': 6, \ 'col': 6, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'text': 'indentation is not a multiple of four', \ 'code': 'E111', \ }, \ ], \ ale_linters#ansible#ansible_lint#Handle(bufnr(''), [ \ fnamemodify(tempname(), ':h') . '/main.yml:6:6: E111 indentation is not a multiple of four', \ ]) Execute (The ansible-lint handler should ignore errors from other files): AssertEqual \ [ \ ], \ ale_linters#ansible#ansible_lint#Handle(bufnr(''), [ \ '/foo/bar/roles/main.yml:6:6: E111 indentation is not a multiple of four', \ ])