Git merge: conflict is expected, but not detected

Hi!

Let's say I have two identical branches: master and topic. In master I remove some code, i.e. function bar(). In topic I do the same (commit) and after some time I realize I need bar() and revert previous commit with removal. So I end with master with no bar() and topic with bar() in its original state. When I merge I get code without bar() and no merge conflict (recursive or resolve strategies). Is it possible to detect such situations as conflicts? When bar() is C++ virtual there is no possibility to catch this with compiler.

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Thanks in advance!