memmove(rename_dst + first + 1, rename_dst + first,
                        (rename_dst_nr - first - 1) * sizeof(*rename_dst));
        rename_dst[first].two = alloc_filespec(two->path);
-       fill_filespec(rename_dst[first].two, two->sha1, two->mode);
+       fill_filespec(rename_dst[first].two, two->sha1, two->sha1_valid, two->mode);
        rename_dst[first].pair = NULL;
        return &(rename_dst[first]);
 }
        struct hash_table file_table;
 
        init_hash(&file_table);
+       preallocate_hash(&file_table, rename_src_nr + rename_dst_nr);
        for (i = 0; i < rename_src_nr; i++)
                insert_file_table(&file_table, -1, i, rename_src[i].p->one);
 
        struct diff_queue_struct outq;
        struct diff_score *mx;
        int i, j, rename_count, skip_unmodified = 0;
-       int num_create, num_src, dst_cnt;
+       int num_create, dst_cnt;
        struct progress *progress = NULL;
 
        if (!minimum_score)
                        else if (options->single_follow &&
                                 strcmp(options->single_follow, p->two->path))
                                continue; /* not interested */
+                       else if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(options, RENAME_EMPTY) &&
+                                is_empty_blob_sha1(p->two->sha1))
+                               continue;
                        else
                                locate_rename_dst(p->two, 1);
                }
-               else if (!DIFF_FILE_VALID(p->two)) {
+               else if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(options, RENAME_EMPTY) &&
+                        is_empty_blob_sha1(p->one->sha1))
+                       continue;
+               else if (!DIFF_PAIR_UNMERGED(p) && !DIFF_FILE_VALID(p->two)) {
                        /*
                         * If the source is a broken "delete", and
                         * they did not really want to get broken,
         * files still remain as options for rename/copies!)
         */
        num_create = (rename_dst_nr - rename_count);
-       num_src = rename_src_nr;
 
        /* All done? */
        if (!num_create)
                struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
                struct diff_filepair *pair_to_free = NULL;
 
-               if (!DIFF_FILE_VALID(p->one) && DIFF_FILE_VALID(p->two)) {
+               if (DIFF_PAIR_UNMERGED(p)) {
+                       diff_q(&outq, p);
+               }
+               else if (!DIFF_FILE_VALID(p->one) && DIFF_FILE_VALID(p->two)) {
                        /*
                         * Creation
                         *