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): " We will check that escaping is done correctly for each platform. AssertEqual \ has('unix') ? 'cd ''/foo bar/baz'' && ' : 'cd /d "/foo bar/baz" && ', \ ale#path#CdString('/foo bar/baz') Execute(BufferCdString should output the correct command string): call ale#test#SetFilename('foo.txt') AssertEqual \ has('unix') ? 'cd ' . ale#Escape(g:dir) . ' && ' : 'cd /d ' . ale#Escape(g:dir) . ' && ', \ ale#path#BufferCdString(bufnr(''))