Before: Save g:ale_rust_rustfmt_executable Save g:ale_rust_rustfmt_options " Use an invalid global executable, so we don't match it. let g:ale_rust_rustfmt_executable = 'xxxinvalid' let g:ale_rust_rustfmt_options = '' call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test/fixers') After: Restore call ale#test#RestoreDirectory() Execute(The rustfmt callback should return the correct default values): call ale#test#SetFilename('../rust_files/testfile.rs') AssertEqual \ { \ 'read_temporary_file': 1, \ 'command': ale#Escape('xxxinvalid') \ . ' %t', \ }, \ ale#fixers#rustfmt#Fix(bufnr('')) Execute(The rustfmt callback should include custom rustfmt options): let g:ale_rust_rustfmt_options = "--skip-children" call ale#test#SetFilename('../rust_files/testfile.rs') AssertEqual \ { \ 'read_temporary_file': 1, \ 'command': ale#Escape('xxxinvalid') \ . ' ' . g:ale_rust_rustfmt_options \ . ' %t', \ }, \ ale#fixers#rustfmt#Fix(bufnr(''))