From 7b32e0c0d9c839db808436768916919f8e4b5010 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Logan Smyth <loganfsmyth@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 10:25:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a warning if you forget to install @babel/core or install
 babel-core.

---
 src/index.js | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 353fd4c8..9c43a02e 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-const babel = require("@babel/core");
+let babel;
+try {
+  babel = require("@babel/core");
+} catch (err) {
+  if (err.code === "MODULE_NOT_FOUND") {
+    err.message +=
+      "\n babel-loader@8 requires Babel 7.x (the package '@babel/core'). " +
+      "If you'd like to use Babel 6.x ('babel-core'), you should install 'babel-loader@7'.";
+  }
+  throw err;
+}
 
 const pkg = require("../package.json");
 const cache = require("./cache");