fix: replace --asset option with --remote option (#760)

src/compiler.ts

@@ -108,14 +108,18 @@ export class NexeCompiler {
     //SOMEDAY iterate over multiple targets with `--outDir`
     this.targets = options.targets as NexeTarget[]
     this.target = this.targets[0]
-    if (options.asset && options.asset.startsWith('http')) {
-      this.remoteAsset = options.asset
-    } else {
-      if (!options.remote.startsWith('http')) {
-        throw new NexeError(`Invalid remote URL (must be HTTP/HTTPS): ${options.remote}`)
-      }
-      this.remoteAsset = options.remote + this.target.toString()
+    if (
+      !(
+        options.remote.startsWith('http://') ||
+        options.remote.startsWith('https://') ||
+        options.remote.startsWith('file://')
+      )
+    ) {
+      throw new NexeError(
+        `Invalid remote URI scheme (must be http, https, or file): ${options.remote}`
+      )
     }
+    this.remoteAsset = options.remote + this.target.toString()
     this.src = join(this.options.temp, this.target.version)
     this.configureScript = configure + (semverGt(this.target.version, '10.10.0') ? '.py' : '')
     this.nodeSrcBinPath = isWindows
@@ -200,9 +204,6 @@ export class NexeCompiler {
   }
 
   public getNodeExecutableLocation(target?: NexeTarget) {
-    if (this.options.asset && !this.options.asset.startsWith('http')) {
-      return resolve(this.options.cwd, this.options.asset)
-    }
     if (target) {
       return join(this.options.temp, target.toString())
     }

src/options.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export interface NexeOptions {
   output: string
   targets: (string | NexeTarget)[]
   name: string
-  asset: string
+  remote: string
   cwd: string
   fs: boolean | string[]
   flags: string[]
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export interface NexeOptions {
   native: any
   mangle: boolean
   ghToken: string
-  remote: string
   sourceUrl?: string
   enableStdIn?: boolean
   python?: string
@@ -82,14 +81,12 @@ const alias = {
   b: 'build',
   n: 'name',
   r: 'resource',
-  a: 'asset',
   p: 'python',
   f: 'flag',
   c: 'configure',
   m: 'make',
   h: 'help',
   l: 'loglevel',
-  e: 'remote',
   'fake-argv': 'fakeArgv',
   'gh-token': 'ghToken',
 }
@@ -104,9 +101,8 @@ ${c.bold('nexe <entry-file> [options]')}
   -t   --target                     -- node version description
   -n   --name                       -- main app module name
   -r   --resource                   -- *embed files (glob) within the binary
-  -a   --asset                      -- alternate asset path, file or url pointing to a base (nexe) binary
+       --remote                     -- alternate location (URL) to download pre-built base (nexe) binaries from
        --plugin                     -- extend nexe runtime behavior
-  -e   --remote                     -- third-party remote location (URL) to download pre-built releases from
 
    ${c.underline.bold('Building from source:')}