WPengine and git

Question

For some weird reason when I push to wpengine, my files get updated without a problem -- but it will not delete files only within my the theme folder.

Here is a list of what's going on:

1. I have no trouble deleting the theme file, the theme will be removed. However if the theme is added back, the removed files within the folder are still present
2. When I pull the git repo the files are correct
3. Any file removed within the theme's directory is not updated
4. I reverted the environment back to the production (by overwriting the env with production's db and files), when I pushed my code everything was correct.

I have NO idea how to fix this. Please help!

Answer 1

suwebdev/wpengine mentions:

Custom components of this site are created as themes and plugins.
These are stored in separate repositories and brought into the production code using Git submodules.

Double check if you see a .gitmodules in your main repo, which refers to your themes folder you are trying to update.
That would explain why a local change (within the theme folder, which is actually its own Git repository, as a submodule) is not reflected to your deployment process.