Before: call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('ruby', 'rubocop') call ale#test#SetFilename('dummy.rb') let g:ale_ruby_rubocop_executable = 'rubocop' let g:ale_ruby_rubocop_options = '' After: call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest() Execute(Executable should default to rubocop): AssertLinter 'rubocop', ale#Escape('rubocop') \ . ' --format json --force-exclusion --stdin ' \ . ale#Escape(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/dummy.rb')) Execute(Should be able to set a custom executable): let g:ale_ruby_rubocop_executable = 'bin/rubocop' AssertLinter 'bin/rubocop' , ale#Escape('bin/rubocop') \ . ' --format json --force-exclusion --stdin ' \ . ale#Escape(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/dummy.rb')) Execute(Setting bundle appends 'exec rubocop'): let g:ale_ruby_rubocop_executable = 'bundle' AssertLinter 'bundle', ale#Escape('bundle') \ . ' exec rubocop' \ . ' --format json --force-exclusion --stdin ' \ . ale#Escape(ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/dummy.rb'))