git rebase - Choose Git merge strategy for specific files ("ours", "mine", "theirs")

Question

I am in the middle of rebasing after a git pull --rebase. I have a few files that have merge conflicts. How can I accept "their" changes or "my" changes for specific files?

$ git status
# Not currently on any branch.
# You are currently rebasing.
#   (fix conflicts and then run "git rebase --continue")
#   (use "git rebase --skip" to skip this patch)
#   (use "git rebase --abort" to check out the original branch)
#
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#       modified:  CorrectlyMergedFile
#
# Unmerged paths:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#   (use "git add <file>..." to mark resolution)
#
#       both modified: FileWhereIWantToAcceptTheirChanges
#       both modified: FileWhereIWantToAcceptMyChanges

Normally I just open the file or a merge tool and manually accept all "their" or "my" changes. However, I suspect I'm missing a convenient git command.

Also, note that I will only be able to choose a merge strategy for each file when I see what files hit conflicts an possibly what the conflicts are.

Answer 1

For each conflicted file you get, you can specify

git checkout --ours -- <paths>
# or
git checkout --theirs -- <paths>

From the git checkout docs

git checkout [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...

--ours
--theirs
When checking out paths from the index, check out stage #2 (ours) or #3 (theirs) for unmerged paths.

The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge. By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out. Using -f will ignore these unmerged entries. The contents from a specific side of the merge can be checked out of the index by using --ours or --theirs. With -m, changes made to the working tree file can be discarded to re-create the original conflicted merge result.