Before: Save g:ale_ruby_rails_best_practices_executable let g:ale_ruby_rails_best_practices_executable = 'rails_best_practices' runtime ale_linters/ruby/rails_best_practices.vim call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test/command_callback') call ale#test#SetFilename('../ruby_fixtures/valid_rails_app/db/test.rb') After: Restore call ale#test#RestoreDirectory() Execute(Executable should default to rails_best_practices): AssertEqual \ '''rails_best_practices'' --silent -f json --output-file /dev/stdout ' \ . ale#Escape(simplify(g:dir . '/../ruby_fixtures/valid_rails_app')), \ ale_linters#ruby#rails_best_practices#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(Should be able to set a custom executable): let g:ale_ruby_rails_best_practices_executable = 'bin/rails_best_practices' AssertEqual \ '''bin/rails_best_practices'' --silent -f json --output-file /dev/stdout ' \ . ale#Escape(simplify(g:dir . '/../ruby_fixtures/valid_rails_app')), \ ale_linters#ruby#rails_best_practices#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(Setting bundle appends 'exec rails_best_practices'): let g:ale_ruby_rails_best_practices_executable = 'path to/bundle' AssertEqual \ '''path to/bundle'' exec rails_best_practices --silent -f json --output-file /dev/stdout ' \ . ale#Escape(simplify(g:dir . '/../ruby_fixtures/valid_rails_app')), \ ale_linters#ruby#rails_best_practices#GetCommand(bufnr('')) Execute(Command callback should be empty when not in a valid Rails app): call ale#test#SetFilename('../ruby_fixtures/not_a_rails_app/test.rb') AssertEqual \ '', \ ale_linters#ruby#rails_best_practices#GetCommand(bufnr(''))