Merging two xml files in C# without appending and without deleting anything (example given)

Question

So say I have one xml file such as this:

    shape1

And another xml file like this:

Answer 1

You can load both files into two XElement objects, locate the target nodes in both objects and add or remove as you wish.

Here is a sample:

var doc1 = XDocument.Parse(file1).Element("shapes");
var doc2 = XDocument.Parse(file2).Element("parentNode").Element("shapes");

doc2.Add(doc1.Nodes());