From 664c4e44e0f2e2b8bf2f436ff169f352a941696e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guilherme Carreiro <guilherme.carreiro@shopify.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:32:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix warning when running theme commands in valid theme
 directories

---
 .changeset/fix-theme-directory-warning.md        |  5 +++++
 .../theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts     |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/fix-theme-directory-warning.md

diff --git a/.changeset/fix-theme-directory-warning.md b/.changeset/fix-theme-directory-warning.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d0cb0459f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-theme-directory-warning.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@shopify/theme': patch
+---
+
+Fix warning when running theme commands in valid theme directories
diff --git a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts
index bd546d467a5..8c09df84edd 100644
--- a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.test.ts
@@ -628,6 +628,22 @@ describe('theme-fs', () => {
         expect(result).toBeFalsy()
       })
     })
+
+    test(`returns true for a valid theme directory`, async () => {
+      await inTemporaryDirectory(async (tmpDir) => {
+        // Given
+        const root = tmpDir
+        await mkdir(joinPath(root, 'config'))
+        await mkdir(joinPath(root, 'layout'))
+        await mkdir(joinPath(root, 'templates'))
+
+        // When
+        const result = await hasRequiredThemeDirectories(root)
+
+        // Then
+        expect(result).toBeTruthy()
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe('listing functionality', () => {
diff --git a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts
index 68f6f6ac22d..9692a5c9ac2 100644
--- a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts
+++ b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-fs.ts
@@ -547,8 +547,7 @@ export async function hasRequiredThemeDirectories(path: string) {
     }),
   )
 
-  const requiredDirectories = ['config', 'layout', 'sections', 'templates']
-
+  const requiredDirectories = ['config', 'layout', 'templates']
   return requiredDirectories.every((dir) => directories.has(dir))
 }