how do I resolve this merge manually + mergetool bug

#       unmerged:   profiles/package.mask

on the remote package.mask is a file locally it is a directory.

I need to know how I can resolve this merge without mergetool as currently mergetool doesn't handle it well.

I want to delete the remote version of package.mask

tried:

git rm :3:profiles/package.mask fatal: pathspec ':3:profiles/package.mask' did not match any files

mergetool will move my directory to a backup directory if I tell it to delete package.mask it doesn't move the directory back into place, if I tell it to use the remote version it obviously copies it into place... I'd be ok if when I told it to delete it, it restored the directory from backup.

regardless of mergetools problems I'd like to know how to fix this merge without mergetool.