Woocommerce template not working under child theme

We wanted to display product variations as selectable boxes rather than dropdown / select. So we needed to use a modified variable.php to modify the variations form accordingly under:

/public_html/wp-content/themes/child-theme/woocommerce/single-product/add-to-cart/variable.php

We thought a WC template file under child theme would work for sure in terms of hierarchy it should override wc default and the parent theme but turns out thats not the case.

. Template Hierarchy Order:

• Priority: WooCommerce follows a specific template hierarchy. If a template exists in a parent theme or a plugin, it might override your child theme’s template.

Make sure the WC template