Product with different variants in checkout

If I add the same product, say a t-shirt, with a different variant, size for example. They show as a quantity of 2 of the same product in the checkout process.

So I ordered a small and large of the same shirt. My cart states I have ordered 2 small shirts, not 1 small and 1 large.

Is there any way to have it show these as 2 different unique items without creating completely separate products?

Thanks,
Shannon

That should be the case. If it doesn't, then it means that there is a bug on the product page when the js of the characteristics selection is run. It can happen if you edited the show file of the view product and messed up it.

I'll strip out all my template overrides and revert my core customizations and see what I get.

Thanks,
Shannon