The `ale_lsp_root` setting is now deprecated, and `ale_root` should be
used instead. The setting will be used for both setting the root easily
for LSP linters, and for running other linters over whole projects.
Currently, we detect the linter root based on a variety of techniques.
However, these techniques are not foolproof. For example, clangd works
fine for many things without a compile_commands.json file, and Go
projects may be built outside of the GOPATH to take advantage of Go
1.11's automatic module support.
Add global and buffer-specific variables to allow the user to specify
the root, either as a string or a funcref. Make the funcrefs accept the
buffer number as an argument to make sure that they can function easily
in an asynchronous environment.
We define the global variable in the main plugin, since the LSP linter
code is not loaded unless required, and we want the variable to be able
to be read correctly by :ALEInfo regardless.
w0rp
brian m. carlson