From 9f2eda43e9e5383acad487da0d19b4dfee21af46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joost De Cock <joost@decock.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 14:01:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] :bulb: Improved error message in path.shiftAlong

---
 packages/core/src/path.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/path.js b/packages/core/src/path.js
index 4f235fa1451..3e81e49c5ff 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/path.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/path.js
@@ -347,7 +347,9 @@ Path.prototype.shiftAlong = function(distance) {
     }
     current = op.to;
   }
-  throw new Error("Ran out of path to shift along");
+  throw new Error(
+    `Error in Path.shiftAlong(): Ran out of path to shift along. Distance requested was ${distance}, path length is${this.length()}.`
+  );
 };
 
 /** Returns a point that lies at fraction along this */