diff --git a/tests/test_coder.py b/tests/test_coder.py
index 72b247727..8689f863f 100644
--- a/tests/test_coder.py
+++ b/tests/test_coder.py
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ class TestCoder(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.patcher.stop()
 
+    def test_new_file_commit_message(self):
+        with GitTemporaryDirectory():
+            repo = git.Repo()
+            fname = Path("foo.txt")
+
+            io = InputOutput(yes=True)
+            # Initialize the Coder object with the mocked IO and mocked repo
+            coder = Coder.create(models.GPT4, None, io, fnames=[str(fname)])
+
+            self.assertTrue(fname.exists())
+
+            # Get the latest commit message
+            commit_message = repo.head.commit.message
+            # Check that the latest commit message contains the filename
+            self.assertIn(str(fname), commit_message)
+
+
     def test_allowed_to_edit(self):
         with GitTemporaryDirectory():
             repo = git.Repo(Path.cwd())