Bolt\Composer\JsonManager::update PHP Method

    public function update()
    {
        /** @var \Bolt\Filesystem\Handler\JsonFile $jsonFile */
        $jsonFile = $this->app['filesystem']->get('extensions://composer.json', new JsonFile());
        if (!$jsonFile->exists()) {
            try {
                $this->init('extensions://composer.json');
            } catch (IOException $e) {
                $this->messages[] = Trans::__('page.extend.error-composer-json-not-readable');
                $this->app['extend.writeable'] = false;
                $this->app['extend.online'] = false;
                return;
            }
        }
        $json = $jsonOrig = $jsonFile->parse();
        // Workaround Bolt 2.0 installs with "require": []
        if (isset($json['require']) && empty($json['require'])) {
            unset($json['require']);
        }
        $json = $this->setJsonDefaults($json);
        // Write out the file, but only if it's actually changed, and if it's writable.
        if ($json != $jsonOrig) {
            try {
                $jsonFile->dump($json);
            } catch (IOException $e) {
                $this->messages[] = Trans::__('page.extend.error-composer-json-not-writable');
            }
        }
        return $json;
    }