CI: add job for creating MATLAB Online package

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -142,6 +142,20 @@ pkg_macOS_arm64:
     expire_in: 3 days
   needs: [ "build_doc" ]
 
+pkg_matlab_online:
+  stage: pkg
+  script:
+    - meson rewrite kwargs set project / version "$VERSION"
+    - cd scripts/matlab-online && ./packageDynare.sh
+  tags:
+    - matlab-online
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - scripts/matlab-online/*.mltbx
+    expire_in: 3 days
+  needs: []
+  when: manual
+
 test_matlab:
   stage: test
   script:

scripts/matlab-online/packageDynare.m

-function packageDynare(zipfile, version, logo)
+function packageDynare(zipfile, version, version_sanitized, logo)
 
 tfolder = tempname;
 mkdir(tfolder)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ unzip(zipfile,dynarefld)
 % create tbx options
 opts = matlab.addons.toolbox.ToolboxOptions(dynarefld, "dynare", ...
     ToolboxName = "Dynare", ...
-    ToolboxVersion = version, ...
+    ToolboxVersion = version_sanitized, ...
     Summary = "Solves, simulates and estimates a wide class of economic models", ...
     AuthorName = "Dynare Team", ...
     ToolboxImageFile = logo, ...

scripts/matlab-online/packageDynare.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 set -exo pipefail
 
-# Creates a dynare-X.Y.mltbx in the current repository, using the settings below.
-# Needs to be run from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, with the needed packages installed.
+# Creates a dynare-X.Y.mltbx in the current repository, using the settings
+# below. Needs to be run from Ubuntu, with the needed packages installed.
+# The required Ubuntu version can be obtained by running “!lsb_release -a” in
+# MATLAB Online.
 
 X13ASVER=1-1-b61
-MATLABPATH=/opt/MATLAB/R2024b
+MATLABVER=R2024b
+
+MATLABPATH=/opt/MATLAB/${MATLABVER}
 # TODO: change size and put white background for better rendering in MATLAB Add-Ons browser
 DYNARE_PNG_LOGO=../../preprocessor/doc/logos/dlogo.png
 
@@ -18,13 +22,23 @@ cleanup ()
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 pushd ../..
-meson setup -Dmatlab_path="$MATLABPATH" -Dbuildtype=release -Dprefer_static=true "$tmpdir"/build-matlab-online
+meson setup -Dbuild_for=matlab -Dmatlab_path="$MATLABPATH" -Dbuildtype=release -Dprefer_static=true "$tmpdir"/build-matlab-online
 
 cd "$tmpdir"/build-matlab-online
-meson compile
+meson compile -v
 meson install --destdir "$tmpdir"
 DYNAREVER=$(meson introspect --projectinfo | jq -r '.version')
 
+# Sanitize the version number so that is corresponds to MATLAB toolbox
+# requirements: the version must be a scalar string or character vector of the
+# form Major.Minor.Bug.Build, where Bug and Build are optional.
+# Hence remove any character which is not a number or a dot, and ensure that we
+# have at least a minor version number.
+DYNAREVER_SANITIZED=${DYNAREVER//[^0-9.]/}
+if [[ ${DYNAREVER_SANITIZED} != *.* ]]; then
+    DYNAREVER_SANITIZED=${DYNAREVER_SANITIZED}.0
+fi
+
 cd ..
 strip usr/local/bin/dynare-preprocessor
 strip usr/local/lib/dynare/mex/matlab/*.mexa64
@@ -45,4 +59,4 @@ zip -q -r "$tmpdir"/dynare.zip *
 
 # make toolbox
 popd
-"$MATLABPATH/bin/matlab" -batch "packageDynare('$tmpdir/dynare.zip', '$DYNAREVER', '$DYNARE_PNG_LOGO')"
+"$MATLABPATH/bin/matlab" -batch "packageDynare('$tmpdir/dynare.zip', '$DYNAREVER', '$DYNAREVER_SANITIZED', '$DYNARE_PNG_LOGO')"