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matbox.tasks.vendorPackage renames the source namespace only in .m files, and only where "." and a letter or "*" follow the name. Some references do not have that form and stay unchanged without notice:

• namespace names that code builds at run time, such as "webprogress." + name, feval("webprogress." + m), meta.package.fromName("webprogress") or startsWith(class(obj), "webprogress.")
• references in files other than .m files, such as .mlx, .mlapp and resources/functionSignatures.json

In the copy, such a reference resolves to the original namespace. It fails when that namespace is not installed, and runs another version of the code when it is.

Change

After renaming, the copied files are searched for the source namespace name as a whole word. The new function matbox.tasks.internal.findNamespaceReferences uses the same lookbehind as renameNamespaceInText, so renamed references, longer names and paths are not reported. If any places are found, vendorPackageFromFolder issues one warning, MatBox:VendorPackage:UnrenamedReferences, that lists them:

Warning: References to the namespace "webprogress" in "…/+mytoolbox/+external/+webprogress"
were not renamed to "mytoolbox.external.webprogress", so they still resolve to "webprogress".
Change them in the source repository, or check that they are not namespace references:
    createMonitor.m:2
    resources/functionSignatures.json:3

• Text files are listed as path:line. Binary files (any file with a NUL byte) are listed by path only.
• .mlx and .mlapp files are zip archives and are searched in the files they hold.
• Error identifiers (the name followed by ":") and full-line comments in .m files are not reported. A comment cannot refer to a namespace at run time, and help text often names its package.
• The search runs before the license file and vendorinfo.json are added, because both name the namespace without referring to it.
• The warning is issued after the target folder is replaced, so it is only given for a copy that is in place.
• There is no option to turn the warning off. It can be turned off by its identifier with warning.

The help text of vendorPackage describes the warning.

Limitations

• A name in compressed binary data, such as a MAT-file saved in the default format, or in a .p file, is not found.
• Prose mentions in trailing comments, %{ %} blocks and non-.m files are reported.

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