git - merge conflict when local is deleted but file exists in remote

Question

I am very new to git and wondered how I should go about a merge where in the local repo I have deleted several files on the master branch but these files exist within the re

Answer 1

As an added tip in addition to the accepted answer, in a "deleted by us", if you would like to see the changes that were made to the deleted file so that you may apply those changes elsewhere you can use:

git diff ...origin/master -- path/to/file

If it is a "deleted by them" scenario, and you would like to see the changes so you can apply them elsewhere, you can use:

git diff origin/master... -- path/to/file