babel-plugin-transform-remove-unused-catch-binding

If the argument bound to the catch block is not referenced in the catch block, that argument and the catch binding is removed.

Examples

try {
  throw 0;
} catch (err) {
  console.log("it failed, but this code executes");
}

Is transformed to:

try {
  throw 0;
} catch {
  console.log("it failed, but this code executes");
}

npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-remove-unused-catch-binding

.babelrc

{
  "plugins": ["transform-remove-unused-catch-binding"]
}

babel --plugins transform-remove-unused-catch-binding script.js

require("babel-core").transform("code", {
  plugins: ["transform-remove-unused-catch-binding"]
});

This codemod updates your source code in line with the following proposal: