From 8a142bbc950fd6e95b355dce3532bf8527d0eba8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Almloff <evanalmloff@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 08:13:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] improve index route parsing error message

---
 packages/router/src/history/memory.rs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/router/src/history/memory.rs b/packages/router/src/history/memory.rs
index 51afb818b..e90119663 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/history/memory.rs
+++ b/packages/router/src/history/memory.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ where
 {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            current: "/".parse().unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("{}", err)),
+            current: "/".parse().unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                panic!("index route does not exist:\n{}\n use MemoryHistory::with_initial_path to set a custom path", err)
+        }),
             history: Vec::new(),
             future: Vec::new(),
         }