Before: Save g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_executable Save g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_options Save g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_use_global unlet! g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_executable unlet! g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_options unlet! g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_use_global runtime ale_linters/gitcommit/gitlint.vim call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test/command_callback') let b:bin_dir = has('win32') ? 'Scripts' : 'bin' let b:command_tail = ' lint' After: Restore call ale#test#RestoreDirectory() call ale#linter#Reset() unlet! b:bin_dir unlet! b:executable Execute(The gitlint callbacks should return the correct default values): AssertEqual \ 'gitlint', \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) AssertEqual \ ale#Escape('gitlint') . b:command_tail, \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(The gitlint executable should be configurable, and escaped properly): let g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_executable = 'executable with spaces' AssertEqual \ 'executable with spaces', \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) AssertEqual \ ale#Escape('executable with spaces') . b:command_tail, \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(The gitlint command callback should let you set options): let g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_options = '--some-option' AssertEqual \ ale#Escape('gitlint') . ' --some-option' . b:command_tail, \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(The gitlint callbacks shouldn't detect virtualenv directories where they don't exist): silent execute 'file ' . fnameescape(g:dir . '/python_paths/no_virtualenv/subdir/foo/COMMIT_EDITMSG') AssertEqual \ 'gitlint', \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) AssertEqual \ ale#Escape('gitlint') . b:command_tail, \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(The gitlint callbacks should detect virtualenv directories): silent execute 'file ' . fnameescape(g:dir . '/python_paths/with_virtualenv/subdir/foo/COMMIT_EDITMSG') let b:executable = ale#path#Simplify( \ g:dir . '/python_paths/with_virtualenv/env/' . b:bin_dir . '/gitlint' \) AssertEqual \ b:executable, \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) AssertEqual \ ale#Escape(b:executable) . b:command_tail, \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(You should able able to use the global gitlint instead): silent execute 'file ' . fnameescape(g:dir . '/python_paths/with_virtualenv/subdir/foo/COMMIT_EDITMSG') let g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_use_global = 1 AssertEqual \ 'gitlint', \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetExecutable(bufnr('')) AssertEqual \ ale#Escape('gitlint') . b:command_tail, \ ale_linters#gitcommit#gitlint#GetCommand(bufnr(''))