git: fatal: '--ours/--theirs' cannot be used with switching branches
<p>In a merge conflict, I'm trying to resolve all the merge conflicts in favour of a particular branch.</p>

<p>I'm trying to do <code>git checkout --ours</code>, but I get the following error:</p>

<pre><code>fatal: '--ours/--theirs' cannot be used with switching branches
</code></pre>

<p>How can I achieve what I'm trying to do?</p>