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diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 0271d16c66..38514629bd 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -346,6 +346,63 @@ static struct string_list *get_unmerged(void)
return unmerged;
}
+static void make_room_for_directories_of_df_conflicts(struct merge_options *o,
+ struct string_list *entries)
+{
+ /* If there are D/F conflicts, and the paths currently exist
+ * in the working copy as a file, we want to remove them to
+ * make room for the corresponding directory. Such paths will
+ * later be processed in process_df_entry() at the end. If
+ * the corresponding directory ends up being removed by the
+ * merge, then the file will be reinstated at that time;
+ * otherwise, if the file is not supposed to be removed by the
+ * merge, the contents of the file will be placed in another
+ * unique filename.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This function relies on the fact that entries for a
+ * D/F conflict will appear adjacent in the index, with the
+ * entries for the file appearing before entries for paths
+ * below the corresponding directory.
+ */
+ const char *last_file = NULL;
+ int last_len;
+ struct stage_data *last_e;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < entries->nr; i++) {
+ const char *path = entries->items[i].string;
+ int len = strlen(path);
+ struct stage_data *e = entries->items[i].util;
+
+ /*
+ * Check if last_file & path correspond to a D/F conflict;
+ * i.e. whether path is last_file+'/'+<something>.
+ * If so, remove last_file to make room for path and friends.
+ */
+ if (last_file &&
+ len > last_len &&
+ memcmp(path, last_file, last_len) == 0 &&
+ path[last_len] == '/') {
+ output(o, 3, "Removing %s to make room for subdirectory; may re-add later.", last_file);
+ unlink(last_file);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Determine whether path could exist as a file in the
+ * working directory as a possible D/F conflict. This
+ * will only occur when it exists in stage 2 as a
+ * file.
+ */
+ if (S_ISREG(e->stages[2].mode) || S_ISLNK(e->stages[2].mode)) {
+ last_file = path;
+ last_len = len;
+ last_e = e;
+ } else {
+ last_file = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
struct rename
{
struct diff_filepair *pair;
@@ -1488,6 +1545,7 @@ int merge_trees(struct merge_options *o,
get_files_dirs(o, merge);
entries = get_unmerged();
+ make_room_for_directories_of_df_conflicts(o, entries);
re_head = get_renames(o, head, common, head, merge, entries);
re_merge = get_renames(o, merge, common, head, merge, entries);
clean = process_renames(o, re_head, re_merge);