+cat >cookies.txt <<EOF
+127.0.0.1 FALSE /smart_cookies/ FALSE 0 othername othervalue
+EOF
+cat >expect_cookies.txt <<EOF
+# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
+# http://curl.haxx.se/docs/http-cookies.html
+# This file was generated by libcurl! Edit at your own risk.
+
+127.0.0.1 FALSE /smart_cookies/ FALSE 0 othername othervalue
+127.0.0.1 FALSE /smart_cookies/repo.git/info/ FALSE 0 name value
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'cookies stored in http.cookiefile when http.savecookies set' '
+ git config http.cookiefile cookies.txt &&
+ git config http.savecookies true &&
+ git ls-remote $HTTPD_URL/smart_cookies/repo.git master &&
+ test_cmp expect_cookies.txt cookies.txt
+'
+