From 4f55386a819e5d64457a461ca4016f10fe2eb439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:03:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Set dist reference for root package as well, fixes #4828

---
 src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
index fa96acaaa..959d3c17f 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
@@ -84,12 +84,17 @@ class RootPackageLoader extends ArrayLoader
             }
 
             $config['version'] = $version;
-            if($commit){
+            if ($commit) {
                 $config['source'] = array(
                     'type' => '',
                     'url' => '',
                     'reference' => $commit
                 );
+                $config['dist'] = array(
+                    'type' => '',
+                    'url' => '',
+                    'reference' => $commit
+                );
             }
         }