To handle renames properly, we iterate through all file names of both heads, the current one, and the one to be merged. Only that there was a bug, where it was checked if the file name was present in both heads, but the result of the check was never used. Instead, the merge proceeded as if both heads contained that file. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- merge-recursive.c | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c index 10bce70..1e176ca 100644 --- a/merge-recursive.c +++ b/merge-recursive.c @@ -808,8 +808,10 @@ static int process_renames(struct path_l } else { compare = strcmp(a_renames->items[i].path, b_renames->items[j].path); - ren1 = a_renames->items[i++].util; - ren2 = b_renames->items[j++].util; + if (compare <= 0) + ren1 = a_renames->items[i++].util; + if (compare >= 0) + ren2 = b_renames->items[j++].util; } /* TODO: refactor, so that 1/2 are not needed */ -- 1.4.2.rc2.ga8a2 - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html