Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('gitcommit', 'gitlint') let b:bin_dir = has('win32') ? 'Scripts' : 'bin' After: unlet! b:bin_dir unlet! b:executable call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(The gitlint callbacks should return the correct default values): AssertLinter 'gitlint', ale#Escape('gitlint') . ' lint' Execute(The gitlint executable should be configurable, and escaped properly): let g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_executable = 'executable with spaces' AssertLinter 'executable with spaces', \ ale#Escape('executable with spaces') . ' lint' Execute(The gitlint command callback should let you set options): let g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_options = '--some-option' AssertLinter 'gitlint', ale#Escape('gitlint') . ' --some-option lint' Execute(The gitlint callbacks shouldn't detect virtualenv directories where they don't exist): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/python/no_virtualenv/subdir/foo/COMMIT_EDITMSG') AssertLinter 'gitlint', ale#Escape('gitlint') . ' lint' Execute(The gitlint callbacks should detect virtualenv directories): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/python/with_virtualenv/subdir/foo/COMMIT_EDITMSG') let b:executable = ale#path#Simplify( \ g:dir . '/../test-files/python/with_virtualenv/env/' . b:bin_dir . '/gitlint' \) AssertLinter b:executable, ale#Escape(b:executable) . ' lint' Execute(You should able able to use the global gitlint instead): call ale#test#SetFilename('../test-files/python/with_virtualenv/subdir/foo/COMMIT_EDITMSG') let g:ale_gitcommit_gitlint_use_global = 1 AssertLinter 'gitlint', ale#Escape('gitlint') . ' lint'