yii2: Cannot override yii\web\JqueryAsset for asset/compress

Hello friends,

I’m trying to compress assets with the following command:

./yii asset/compress frontend/config/assets-combine.php frontend/config/assets-prod.php

Here is the content of frontend/config/assets-combine.php:

<?php

/**
 * Configuration file for the "yii asset" console command.
 */

// In the console environment, some path aliases may not exist. Please define these:
Yii::setAlias('@webroot', __DIR__ . '/../web');
Yii::setAlias('@web', '/');

return [
    // Adjust command/callback for JavaScript files compressing:
    'jsCompressor' => 'java -jar frontend/nodejs/node_modules/google-closure-compiler/compiler.jar --js {from} --js_output_file {to}',
    // Adjust command/callback for CSS files compressing:
    'cssCompressor' => 'java -jar frontend/nodejs/node_modules/yuicompressor/build/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar --type css {from} -o {to}',
    // The list of asset bundles to compress:
    'bundles' => [
        'yii\web\JqueryAsset',
        'yii\web\YiiAsset',
        'yii\bootstrap\BootstrapAsset',
        'yii\bootstrap\BootstrapPluginAsset',
        'frontend\assets\ExternalAsset',
        'frontend\assets\BowerAsset',
        'frontend\assets\AppAsset',
    ],

    // Asset bundle for compression output:
    'targets' => [
        'frontend.external' => [
            'class' => 'yii\web\AssetBundle',
            'basePath' => '@webroot/assets',
            'baseUrl' => '@web/assets',
            'js' => 'combined/js/external-{hash}.js',
            'css' => 'combined/css/external-{hash}.css',
            'depends' => [
                'yii\web\JqueryAsset',
                'yii\web\YiiAsset',
                'yii\bootstrap\BootstrapAsset',
                'yii\bootstrap\BootstrapPluginAsset',
                'frontend\assets\ExternalAsset',
            ],
        ],
        'frontend.vendor' => [
            'class' => 'yii\web\AssetBundle',
            'basePath' => '@webroot/assets',
            'baseUrl' => '@web/assets',
            'js' => 'combined/js/vendor-{hash}.js',
            'css' => 'combined/css/vendor-{hash}.css',
            'depends' => [
                'frontend\assets\BowerAsset'
            ],
        ],
        'frontend.app' => [
            'class' => 'yii\web\AssetBundle',
            'basePath' => '@webroot/assets',
            'baseUrl' => '@web/assets',
            'js' => 'combined/js/app-{hash}.js',
            'css' => 'combined/css/app-{hash}.css',
            'depends' => [
                'frontend\assets\AppAsset',
            ],
        ],
    ],

    // Asset manager configuration:
    'assetManager' => [
        'basePath' => '@webroot/assets',
        'baseUrl' => '@web',
        'bundles' => [
            'yii\web\JqueryAsset' => [
               'sourcePath' => null,
               'basePath' => null,
               'js' => ['//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js']
            ]
        ],
        'converter' => [
            'class'=>'nizsheanez\assetConverter\Converter',
            'force' => false, // true : If you want convert your sass each time without time dependency
            'destinationDir' => 'compiled', //at which folder of @webroot put compiled files
            'parsers' => [
                // ...
                'scss' => [ // file extension to parse
                    'class' => 'nizsheanez\assetConverter\Scss',
                    'output' => 'css', // parsed output file type
                    'options' => [ // optional options
                        'enableCompass' => true, // default is true
                        'importPaths' => ['@webroot/scss/'], // import paths, you may use path alias here, 
                            // e.g., `['@path/to/dir', '@path/to/dir1', ...]`
                        'lineComments' => false, // if true — compiler will place line numbers in your compiled output
                        'outputStyle' => 'nested', // May be `compressed`, `crunched`, `expanded` or `nested`,
                            // see more at http://sass-lang.com/documentation/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#output_style
                    ],
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
];

Everything works fine except overriding the jQuery asset. This should be a trivial thing to override yii\web\JqueryAsset but I spent 2+ hours and still didn’t make it work.

In the resulting frontend/config/assets-prod.php I got:

[
    'yii\\web\\JqueryAsset' => [
        'sourcePath' => null,
        'js' => [],
        'css' => [],
        'depends' => [],
    ]
]

I tried to debug the AssetController, AssetManager and AssetBundle. On this line ( https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/2.0.6/framework/console/controllers/AssetController.php#L191 ) I have the following object in $bundles variable:

[yii\web\JqueryAsset] => yii\web\JqueryAsset Object
    (
        [sourcePath] => 
        [js] => Array
            (
                [0] => //cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js
            )

        [basePath] => 
        [baseUrl] => 
        [depends] => Array
            (
            )

        [css] => Array
            (
            )

        [jsOptions] => Array
            (
            )

        [cssOptions] => Array
            (
            )

        [publishOptions] => Array
            (
            )

    )

And on this line ( https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/2.0.6/framework/console/controllers/AssetController.php#L192 ) I have the following object in $targets variable:

[yii\web\JqueryAsset] => yii\web\JqueryAsset Object
    (
        [sourcePath] => /home/.../vendor/bower/jquery/dist
        [js] => Array
            (
                [0] => jquery.js
            )

        [basePath] => 
        [baseUrl] => 
        [depends] => Array
            (
            )

        [css] => Array
            (
            )

        [jsOptions] => Array
            (
            )

        [cssOptions] => Array
            (
            )

        [publishOptions] => Array
            (
            )

    )

I believe that’s because Yii::createObject ( https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/2.0.6/framework/console/controllers/AssetController.php#L401 ) doesn’t care about anything from the $bundles’ object.

Maybe this is some kind of bug or I just misunderstood something, but I have no idea how to solve this correct.