I broke up with neovim....vim is my best friend now

dot_vim/plugged/ale/ale_linters/cpp/cpplint.vim

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+" Author: Dawid Kurek https://github.com/dawikur
+" Description: cpplint for cpp files
+
+call ale#Set('cpp_cpplint_executable', 'cpplint')
+call ale#Set('cpp_cpplint_options', '')
+
+function! ale_linters#cpp#cpplint#GetCommand(buffer) abort
+    let l:options = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'cpp_cpplint_options')
+
+    return '%e' . ale#Pad(l:options) . ' %s'
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('cpp', {
+\   'name': 'cpplint',
+\   'output_stream': 'stderr',
+\   'executable': {b -> ale#Var(b, 'cpp_cpplint_executable')},
+\   'command': function('ale_linters#cpp#cpplint#GetCommand'),
+\   'callback': 'ale#handlers#cpplint#HandleCppLintFormat',
+\   'lint_file': 1,
+\})