Resolve "CONFLICT (delete/modify)" in git

In one branch in one branch A a file is cha开发者_Go百科nged and the change commited. Now in another branch B the very same file is edited and renamed.

When merging B into A git recognises the conflict properly (CONFLICT (delete/modify)) and both files are in the working directory.

If I know want to have both changes in one file, how do I do this best?

There is git merge-file that is - if I'm right - expecting both files and a common ancestor. But how to give latter? How can I say "use $path from $commit" or something like that?

Example:

mkdir git-rename-repo
cd git-rename-repo
git init

echo "First line" > afile

git add .
git commit -m "First commit in master"
git checkout -b mybranch

echo "Second line in mybranch" >> afile
git mv afile bfile

git commit -a -m "change and rename in mybranch"
git checkout master

echo "Changed first line in master" > afile

git commit -a -m "changed afile"
git merge mybranch

I now want a file named 'bfile' with both changes:

Changed first line in master Second line in mybranch

Thanks

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I also had the scenario

**CONFLICT (modify/delete):***FileName deleted in HEAD and modified in 6efb2a94ba0601aa1ec5050ab222a0359ee8379a. Version 6efb2a94ba0601aa1ec5050ab222a0359ee8379a of FileName left in tree.*

I was also equally confused and reached this post. But on typing git status, all doubts are vanished. git status, stated the following about the conflicted files:

Unmerged paths:
(use "git add/rm ..." as appropriate to mark resolution)

So I just did git rm FileName, and after that the CONFLICT got resolved.

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On my case, it was a deleted file not present on the repository

CONFLICT (delete/modify): ERD.pdf deleted in HEAD and ... 

I just need to do: git rm ERD.pdf

Hope that helps.

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UPDATE Okay, git's recursive merge algorithm does this just fine by itself. I just used too small files to test it so the relative similiarity was beneath the trigger of the rename detection.

If I change one line of a file with two small lines the relative change is very big.

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Of course I could do something like

git show HEAD^:afile > afile_ancestor
kdiff3 -m afile_ancestor afile bfile

P.S.: Sorry for the broken formatting above. I didn't had switched on JavaScript, so I couldn't see a preview.

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git status will help you here.

If you want to add files to current branch do git add <file-name> If you want to remove/delete files from the current branch do git rm <file-name>