Before: Save g:ale_buffer_info let g:ale_buffer_info = {} let g:ale_run_synchronously = 1 let g:command = 'echo test' let g:filename = '' let g:directory = '' let g:preserved_directory = '' function! TestCommandCallback(buffer) abort " We are registering a temporary file, so we should delete it. let g:filename = tempname() call writefile(['foo'], g:filename) call ale#engine#ManageFile(a:buffer, g:filename) " We are registering this directory appropriately, so we should delete " the whole thing. let g:directory = tempname() call mkdir(g:directory) call writefile(['foo'], g:directory . '/bar') call ale#engine#ManageDirectory(a:buffer, g:directory) " We are registering this directory as temporary file, so we " shouldn't delete it. let g:preserved_directory = tempname() call mkdir(g:preserved_directory) call writefile(['foo'], g:preserved_directory . '/bar') call ale#engine#ManageFile(a:buffer, g:preserved_directory) return g:command endfunction function! TestCallback(buffer, output) abort return [] endfunction call ale#linter#Define('foobar', { \ 'name': 'testlinter', \ 'executable': has('win32') ? 'cmd' : 'echo', \ 'callback': 'TestCallback', \ 'command_callback': 'TestCommandCallback', \}) After: Restore if !empty(g:preserved_directory) call delete(g:preserved_directory, 'rf') endif unlet! g:ale_run_synchronously unlet! g:command unlet! g:filename unlet! g:directory unlet! g:preserved_directory delfunction TestCommandCallback delfunction TestCallback call ale#linter#Reset() Given foobar (Some imaginary filetype): foo bar baz Execute(ALE should delete managed files/directories appropriately after linting): AssertEqual 'foobar', &filetype call ale#Lint() call ale#engine#WaitForJobs(2000) Assert !filereadable(g:filename), 'The temporary file was not deleted' Assert !isdirectory(g:directory), 'The temporary directory was not deleted' Assert isdirectory(g:preserved_directory), 'The temporary directory was not kept' Execute(ALE should delete managed files even if no command is run): AssertEqual 'foobar', &filetype let g:command = '' call ale#Lint() call ale#engine#WaitForJobs(2000) Assert !filereadable(g:filename), 'The temporary file was not deleted' Assert !isdirectory(g:directory), 'The temporary directory was not deleted' Assert isdirectory(g:preserved_directory), 'The temporary directory was not kept' Execute(ALE should delete managed files when the buffer is removed): call ale#engine#InitBufferInfo(bufnr('%')) call TestCommandCallback(bufnr('%')) call ale#engine#Cleanup(bufnr('%')) Assert !filereadable(g:filename), 'The temporary file was not deleted' Assert !isdirectory(g:directory), 'The temporary directory was not deleted' Assert isdirectory(g:preserved_directory), 'The tempoary directory was not kept' Execute(ALE should create and delete directories for ale#engine#CreateDirectory()): call ale#engine#InitBufferInfo(bufnr('%')) let b:dir = ale#engine#CreateDirectory(bufnr('%')) let b:dir2 = ale#engine#CreateDirectory(bufnr('%')) Assert isdirectory(b:dir), 'The directory was not created' " We should get the correct file permissions. " We want to ensure that the directory is not readable by 'other' if has('unix') AssertEqual 'rwxr-x---', getfperm(b:dir) endif " The two directories shouldn't be the same. AssertNotEqual b:dir2, b:dir call ale#engine#Cleanup(bufnr('%')) Assert !isdirectory(b:dir), 'The directory was not deleted' Assert !isdirectory(b:dir2), 'The second directory was not deleted' Execute(ale#engine#ManageFile should add the file even if the buffer info hasn't be set yet): let g:ale_buffer_info = {} call ale#engine#ManageFile(bufnr(''), '/foo/bar') AssertEqual \ ['/foo/bar'], \ g:ale_buffer_info[bufnr('')].temporary_file_list Execute(ale#engine#ManageDirectory should add the directory even if the buffer info hasn't be set yet): let g:ale_buffer_info = {} call ale#engine#ManageDirectory(bufnr(''), '/foo/bar') AssertEqual \ ['/foo/bar'], \ g:ale_buffer_info[bufnr('')].temporary_directory_list