fix: better error reporting when loading plugins

karma-runner · Apr 13, 2013 · d9078a8 · d9078a8
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commit d9078a8
Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
@@ -250,7 +250,16 @@ exports.start = function(cliOptions, done) {
   // register all plugins
   config.plugins.forEach(function(plugin) {
     if (helper.isString(plugin)) {
-      modules.push(require(plugin));
+      try {
+        modules.push(require(plugin));
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
+          log.warn('Cannot find plugin "%s".\n  Did you forget to install it ?\n' +
+                   '  npm install %s --save-dev', plugin, plugin);
+        } else {
+          log.warn('Error during loading "%s" plugin:\n  %s', plugin, e.message);
+        }
+      }
     } else if (helper.isObject(plugin)) {
       modules.push(plugin);
     } else {