Before: Save g:ale_c_astyle_executable " Use an invalid global executable, so we don't match it. let g:ale_c_astyle_executable = 'xxxinvalid' let g:ale_cpp_astyle_executable = 'invalidpp' call ale#test#SetDirectory('/testplugin/test/fixers') After: Restore call ale#test#RestoreDirectory() Execute(The astyle callback should return the correct default values): call ale#test#SetFilename('../c_files/testfile.c') let targetfile = '/testplugin/test/c_files/testfile.c' AssertEqual \ { \ 'command': ale#Escape(g:ale_c_astyle_executable) \ . ' --stdin=' . ale#Escape(targetfile) \ }, \ ale#fixers#astyle#Fix(bufnr('')) Execute(The astyle callback should support cpp files): call ale#test#SetFilename('../cpp_files/dummy.cpp') let targetfile = '/testplugin/test/cpp_files/dummy.cpp' set filetype=cpp " The test fails without this AssertEqual \ { \ 'command': ale#Escape(g:ale_cpp_astyle_executable) \ . ' --stdin=' . ale#Escape(targetfile) \ }, \ ale#fixers#astyle#Fix(bufnr(''))