From 3a68534d208f70da829ee90796ba11c9cdd5e9b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vlakoff <vlakoff@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:26:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix parser error if composer.json existing but empty

---
 src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
index 4391f1d05..681fcbfda 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ EOT
             return 1;
         }
 
+        if (file_get_contents($file) === '') {
+            file_put_contents($file, "{\n}\n");
+        }
+
         $json = new JsonFile($file);
         $composerDefinition = $json->read();
         $composerBackup = file_get_contents($json->getPath());

From d5ab072ec1ab41ebf830acf81cc04e8f221fe733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vlakoff <vlakoff@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:52:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Optimize check for empty file

---
 src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
index 681fcbfda..82401ffb2 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/RequireCommand.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ EOT
             return 1;
         }
 
-        if (file_get_contents($file) === '') {
+        if (filesize($file) === 0) {
             file_put_contents($file, "{\n}\n");
         }