Before: Save g:ale_r_lintr_options unlet! g:ale_r_lintr_options unlet! b:ale_r_lintr_options runtime ale_linters/r/lintr.vim After: Restore unlet! b:ale_r_lintr_options call ale#linter#Reset() Execute(The default lintr command should be correct): AssertEqual \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(getcwd()) . ' && ' \ . 'Rscript -e ' \ . ale#Escape('lintr::lint(commandArgs(TRUE)[1], eval(parse(text = commandArgs(TRUE)[2])))') \ . ' %t ' \ . ale#Escape('lintr::with_defaults()'), \ ale_linters#r#lintr#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(The lintr options should be configurable): let b:ale_r_lintr_options = 'lintr::with_defaults(object_usage_linter = NULL)' AssertEqual \ 'cd ' . ale#Escape(getcwd()) . ' && ' \ . 'Rscript -e ' \ . ale#Escape('lintr::lint(commandArgs(TRUE)[1], eval(parse(text = commandArgs(TRUE)[2])))') \ . ' %t ' \ . ale#Escape('lintr::with_defaults(object_usage_linter = NULL)'), \ ale_linters#r#lintr#GetCommand(bufnr(''))