private function create_default_composer_json( $composer_path ) {

		$composer_dir = pathinfo( $composer_path, PATHINFO_DIRNAME );
		if ( ! is_dir( $composer_dir ) ) {
			if ( ! @mkdir( $composer_dir, 0777, true ) ) { // @codingStandardsIgnoreLine
				$error = error_get_last();
				WP_CLI::error( sprintf( "Composer directory '%s' for packages couldn't be created: %s", $composer_dir, $error['message'] ) );
			}
		}

		$composer_dir = realpath( $composer_dir );
		if ( false === $composer_dir ) {
			$error = error_get_last();
			WP_CLI::error( sprintf( "Composer directory '%s' for packages not found: %s", $composer_dir, $error['message'] ) );
		}

		$composer_path = Utils\trailingslashit( $composer_dir ) . Utils\basename( $composer_path );

		$json_file = new JsonFile( $composer_path );

		$repositories = (object) [
			'wp-cli' => (object) $this->composer_type_package,
		];

		$options = [
			'name'              => 'wp-cli/wp-cli',
			'description'       => 'Installed community packages used by WP-CLI',
			'version'           => self::get_wp_cli_version_composer(),
			'authors'           => [ (object) $this->author_data ],
			'homepage'          => self::PACKAGE_INDEX_URL,
			'require'           => new stdClass(),
			'require-dev'       => new stdClass(),
			'minimum-stability' => 'dev',
			'prefer-stable'     => true,
			'license'           => 'MIT',
			'repositories'      => $repositories,
		];

		try {
			$json_file->write( $options );
		} catch ( Exception $e ) {
			WP_CLI::error( $e->getMessage() );
		}

		return $composer_path;
	}