From d9078a8eca41df15f26b53e2375f722a48d0992d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vojta Jina <vojta.jina@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:44:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: better error reporting when loading plugins

---
 lib/server.js | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index f8dae3f7e..d3dba8c7e 100644
--- 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 {