diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_new.py b/tests/console/commands/test_new.py
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+import pytest
+
+from cleo.testers import CommandTester
+
+from poetry.console import Application
+from poetry.factory import Factory
+from poetry.poetry import Poetry
+from poetry.utils._compat import Path  # noqa
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def command(app, poetry):  # type: (Application, Poetry) -> CommandTester
+    command = app.find("new")
+    command._pool = poetry.pool
+    return CommandTester(command)
+
+
+def verify_project_directory(path, package_name, package_path, include_from=None):
+    package_path = Path(package_path)
+    assert path.is_dir()
+
+    pyproject = path / "pyproject.toml"
+    assert pyproject.is_file()
+
+    init_file = path / package_path / "__init__.py"
+    assert init_file.is_file()
+
+    tests_init_file = path / "tests" / "__init__.py"
+    assert tests_init_file.is_file()
+
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(cwd=path)
+    assert poetry.package.name == package_name
+
+    if include_from:
+        package_include = {
+            "include": package_path.relative_to(include_from).parts[0],
+            "from": include_from,
+        }
+    else:
+        package_include = {"include": package_path.parts[0]}
+
+    packages = poetry.local_config.get("packages")
+
+    if not packages:
+        assert poetry.local_config.get("name") == package_include.get("include")
+    else:
+        assert len(packages) == 1
+        assert packages[0] == package_include
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "options,directory,package_name,package_path,include_from",
+    [
+        ([], "package", "package", "package", None),
+        (["--src"], "package", "package", "src/package", "src"),
+        (
+            ["--name namespace.package"],
+            "namespace-package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "namespace/package",
+            None,
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--src", "--name namespace.package"],
+            "namespace-package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "src/namespace/package",
+            "src",
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--name namespace.package_a"],
+            "namespace-package_a",
+            "namespace-package-a",
+            "namespace/package_a",
+            None,
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--src", "--name namespace.package_a"],
+            "namespace-package_a",
+            "namespace-package-a",
+            "src/namespace/package_a",
+            "src",
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--name namespace_package"],
+            "namespace-package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "namespace_package",
+            None,
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--name namespace_package", "--src"],
+            "namespace-package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "src/namespace_package",
+            "src",
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--name namespace.package"],
+            "package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "namespace/package",
+            None,
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--name namespace.package", "--src"],
+            "package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "src/namespace/package",
+            "src",
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--name namespace.package"],
+            "package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "namespace/package",
+            None,
+        ),
+        (
+            ["--name namespace.package", "--src"],
+            "package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "src/namespace/package",
+            "src",
+        ),
+        ([], "namespace_package", "namespace-package", "namespace_package", None),
+        (
+            ["--src", "--name namespace_package"],
+            "namespace_package",
+            "namespace-package",
+            "src/namespace_package",
+            "src",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_command_new(
+    options, directory, package_name, package_path, include_from, command, tmp_dir
+):
+    path = Path(tmp_dir) / directory
+    options.append(path.as_posix())
+    command.execute(" ".join(options))
+    verify_project_directory(path, package_name, package_path, include_from)