Thread: Basic child theme question

Basic child theme question

When a mod is done to a single .php file which is located like say:
classipress->includes->file.php
or worse:
classipress->includes->directory->file.php

Do I need to copy the entire ..Includes directory in my child theme directory?

OR can I just have an includes directory (to preserve the path?) and have only the file I want to mod. My first feeling is that this might confuse WP into thinking the includes folder ONLY contained that one file.

OR - can i just put the file.php in my child theme function.php and WP will magically find it?

And including the entire include directory seems... heavy-handed.

Whats a noob to do???

=Alan R.