Before: Save g:ale_c_cppcheck_executable Save g:ale_c_cppcheck_options unlet! g:ale_c_cppcheck_executable unlet! b:ale_c_cppcheck_executable unlet! g:ale_c_cppcheck_options unlet! b:ale_c_cppcheck_options runtime ale_linters/c/cppcheck.vim let b:command_tail = ' -q --language=c --enable=style %t' call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test/command_callback') After: Restore unlet! b:command_tail unlet! b:ale_c_cppcheck_executable unlet! b:ale_c_cppcheck_options call ale#linter#Reset() call ale#test#RestoreDirectory() Execute(The executable should be configurable): AssertEqual 'cppcheck', ale_linters#c#cppcheck#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) let b:ale_c_cppcheck_executable = 'foobar' AssertEqual 'foobar', ale_linters#c#cppcheck#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) Execute(The executable should be used in the command): AssertEqual \ ale#Escape('cppcheck') . b:command_tail, \ ale_linters#c#cppcheck#GetCommand(bufnr('')) let b:ale_c_cppcheck_executable = 'foobar' AssertEqual \ ale#Escape('foobar') . b:command_tail, \ ale_linters#c#cppcheck#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(cppcheck for C++ should detect compile_commands.json files): call ale#test#SetFilename('cppcheck_paths/one/foo.cpp') AssertEqual \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/cppcheck_paths/one')) . ' && ' \ . ale#Escape('cppcheck') \ . ' -q --language=c --project=compile_commands.json --enable=style %t', \ ale_linters#c#cppcheck#GetCommand(bufnr(''))