removed.js

function foo() {
  var er = new Error('foo() has been removed in favor of bar(). Please update your java scripts codes.')
  Error.captureStackTrace(er, foo)
  throw er
}

function bar() {
  console.log('ok')
}

function baz() {
  bloo()
}

function bloo() {
  blerg()
}

function blerg() {
  foo()
}

baz()

/*
$ node removed.js

/tmp/removed.js:4
  throw er
        ^
Error: foo() has been removed in favor of bar(). Please update your java scripts codes.
    at blerg (/tmp/removed.js:20:3)
    at bloo (/tmp/removed.js:16:3)
    at baz (/tmp/removed.js:12:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/tmp/removed.js:23:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
*/

The captureStackTrace method captures up to and not including the function you pass to it as the second arg, onto the Error object (or whatever object, really) passed as the first arg.

Without the captureStackTrace function:

$ node removed.js

/tmp/removed.js:4
  throw er
        ^
Error: foo() has been removed in favor of bar(). Please update your java scripts codes.
    at foo (/tmp/removed.js:2:12) <-- NOTE: MISSING IN THE STACK ABOVE
    at blerg (/tmp/removed.js:20:3)
    at bloo (/tmp/removed.js:16:3)
    at baz (/tmp/removed.js:12:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/tmp/removed.js:23:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)