merge_recursive: Fix renames across paths below D/F conflicts

diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index a0cc99ab9f5b262851a1075193f5529b5582fd0a..1a4dc5f89353df7d7bda4bea539ee5bd7a3b9bae 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -299,6 +299,15 @@ test_expect_success 'ls-files gracefully handles trailing slash' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'moving to a commit without submodule does not leave empty dir' '
+       rm -rf init &&
+       mkdir init &&
+       git reset --hard &&
+       git checkout initial &&
+       test ! -d init &&
+       git checkout second
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'submodule <invalid-path> warns' '
 
        git submodule no-such-submodule 2> output.err &&