Before: silent! cd /testplugin/test/util let g:dir = getcwd() After: silent execute 'cd ' . fnameescape(g:dir) unlet! g:dir Execute(CdString should output the correct command string): AssertEqual 'cd ''/foo bar/baz'' && ', ale#path#CdString('/foo bar/baz') Execute(BufferCdString should output the correct command string): call ale#test#SetFilename('foo.txt') AssertEqual 'cd ' . shellescape(g:dir) . ' && ', ale#path#BufferCdString(bufnr(''))