fix: add more detailed error messages (#1665)

hai-x · web-flow · commit e652315ddee8 · 2025-01-11T14:46:23.000Z
* fix: add more detailed error messages

* chore: meta
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 9.5.2
+* [fix: add more detailed error messages](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader/pull/1665) - thanks @hai-x
+
 ## 9.5.1
 * [fix: inputSourceMap can be null](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader/pull/1639) [#1638] - thanks @johnnyreilly and @michaeltford
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ts-loader",
-  "version": "9.5.1",
+  "version": "9.5.2",
   "description": "TypeScript loader for webpack",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "dist",
diff --git a/src/instances.ts b/src/instances.ts
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ export function initializeInstance(
   } else {
     if (!loader._compiler!.hooks) {
       throw new Error(
-        "You may be using an old version of webpack; please check you're using at least version 4"
+        "You may be using an old version of webpack; please check you're using at least version 4. Or you should set `transpileOnly` or `happyPackMode` to true when using with `thread-loader`."
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/servicesHost.ts b/src/servicesHost.ts
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ function createWatchFactory(
     }
     return result;
   }
-  ``;
 
   function invokeRecursiveDirectoryWatcher(
     directory: string,

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`@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@`
`1`	`1`	`{`
`2`	`2`	`"name": "ts-loader",`
`3`		`- "version": "9.5.1",`
	`3`	`+ "version": "9.5.2",`
`4`	`4`	`"description": "TypeScript loader for webpack",`
`5`	`5`	`"main": "index.js",`
`6`	`6`	`"types": "dist",`
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`@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ export function initializeInstance(`
`375`	`375`	`} else {`
`376`	`376`	`if (!loader._compiler!.hooks) {`
`377`	`377`	`throw new Error(`
`378`		`- "You may be using an old version of webpack; please check you're using at least version 4"`
	`378`	+ "You may be using an old version of webpack; please check you're using at least version 4. Or you should set `transpileOnly` or `happyPackMode` to true when using with `thread-loader`."
`379`	`379`	`);`
`380`	`380`	`}`
`381`	`381`
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`@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ function createWatchFactory(`
`382`	`382`	`}`
`383`	`383`	`return result;`
`384`	`384`	`}`
`385`		- ``;
`386`	`385`
`387`	`386`	`function invokeRecursiveDirectoryWatcher(`
`388`	`387`	`directory: string,`