diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Command/InitCommandTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Command/InitCommandTest.php
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+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Command/InitCommandTest.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Composer\Test\Autoload;
+
+use Composer\Command\InitCommand;
+use Composer\Test\TestCase;
+
+class InitCommandTest extends TestCase
+{
+    function testParseValidAuthorString()
+    {
+        $command = new InitCommand;
+        $command->parseAuthorString('John Smith <john@example.com>');
+    }
+
+    function testParseInvalidAuthorString()
+    {
+        $command = new InitCommand;
+        $this->setExpectedException('InvalidArgumentException');
+        $command->parseAuthorString('');
+    }
+}