From b91f82d003e36ac8a3d5b0b89560fcb1ec776db3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codebymikey <9484406+codebymikey@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 11:48:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create empty composer.json if it does not exist

Check for existence of composer.json before creating it.
---
 drupal-contrib/template.tf | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drupal-contrib/template.tf b/drupal-contrib/template.tf
index e093916..995c02d 100644
--- a/drupal-contrib/template.tf
+++ b/drupal-contrib/template.tf
@@ -687,6 +687,10 @@ COMPOSE_EOF
       fi
 
       if [ "$DRUPAL_INSTALLED" = "false" ]; then
+        if [ ! -f composer.json ]; then
+           log_setup "Creating empty composer.json..."
+           echo '{}' > composer.json
+        fi
         # Add drush as require-dev so expand-composer-json includes it in composer.contrib.json.
         # Direct JSON edit (not `composer require`) per ddev-drupal-contrib README.
         log_setup "Adding drush to require-dev..."