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diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 309f2c58a2..75ed738b7c 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -1528,6 +1528,14 @@ static int tree_content_remove(
for (i = 0; i < t->entry_count; i++) {
e = t->entries[i];
if (e->name->str_len == n && !strncmp(p, e->name->str_dat, n)) {
+ if (slash1 && !S_ISDIR(e->versions[1].mode))
+ /*
+ * If p names a file in some subdirectory, and a
+ * file or symlink matching the name of the
+ * parent directory of p exists, then p cannot
+ * exist and need not be deleted.
+ */
+ return 1;
if (!slash1 || !S_ISDIR(e->versions[1].mode))
goto del_entry;
if (!e->tree)