Getting cryptic error if the file to return ENV object return null or {} instead

Start by reviewing the .babelrc ENV configuration and the failing path in babel-plugin-transform-define/lib/index.js. Reproduce the case with ENV returning null or {}, including a file that only uses a unary expression such as typeof; done means the failure reports that the ENV value is invalid instead of exposing the cryptic TypeError.

I have solved the issue myself but I thought it can be better.

It is good that it throws an error about it but the cryptic error message like this is not helping

remote: Module build failed: TypeError: /tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/components/BuildTeam.js: Cannot convert undefined or null to object
remote:     at PluginPass.UnaryExpression (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-plugin-transform-define/lib/index.js:34:27)
remote:     at newFn (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/visitors.js:276:21)
remote:     at NodePath._call (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:76:18)
remote:     at NodePath.call (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:48:17)
remote:     at NodePath.visit (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:105:12)
remote:     at TraversalContext.visitQueue (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:150:16)
remote:     at TraversalContext.visitSingle (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:108:19)
remote:     at TraversalContext.visit (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/context.js:192:19)
remote:     at Function.traverse.node (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/index.js:114:17)
remote:     at NodePath.visit (/tmp/build_43fb00b7ca544651b6eb4730c0d0ad94/node_modules/babel-traverse/lib/path/context.js:115:19)

This throws when the page it is saying at fault does not even use any of the variables supposed to be defined in env, but simply uses Unary Expression like "typeof".

Perhaps make the error clearer if the env passed in .babelrc is returning {} or null?

Thanks