What you're describing as "confusing" is exactly how every CI tooling I've worked with functions. You describe what you want your deploy to look like, and that

What you're describing as "confusing" is exactly how every CI tooling I've worked with functions. You describe what you want your deploy to look like, and that's what gets deployed. It doesn't start removing/deleting things to match. It might take resources offline or leave them orphaned, but never delete them.