Mercurial vs. Git

Mercurialnoun

(obsolete) Any of the plants known as mercury.

Mercurialnoun

(astrology) Someone born under the influence of Mercury.

Mercurialnoun

A preparation of mercury, especially as a treatment for syphilis.

Mercurialadjective

(often capitalized, see Mercurial) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.

Mercurialadjective

(often capitalized, see Mercurial) Pertaining to the Roman god Mercury, the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty..

Mercurialadjective

(astrology) Born under the influence of the planet Mercury, and having such characteristics.

Mercurialadjective

Of, or pertaining to the element mercury; containing mercury; caused by the action of mercury or quicksilver.

Mercurialadjective

Having a volatile or lively character; quick-witted, changeable, animated.

Mercurialadjective

Volatile, changeable.

Mercurialadjective

Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.

Mercurialadjective

Having the form or image of Mercury; - applied to ancient guideposts.

Mercurialadjective

Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty.

Mercurialadjective

Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2.

Mercurialadjective

Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth.

Mercurialnoun

A person having mercurial qualities.

Mercurialnoun

A preparation containing mercury.

Mercurialadjective

liable to sudden unpredictable change;

Mercurialadjective

relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury;

Mercurialadjective

relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury;

Mercurialadjective

relating to or containing or caused by mercury;

Mercurialadjective

subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind

Mercurialadjective

of or containing the element mercury

Mercurialadjective

of the planet Mercury.

Mercurialnoun

a drug or other compound containing mercury

Mercurial

Mercurial is a distributed revision control tool for software developers. It is supported on Microsoft Windows and Unix-like systems, such as FreeBSD, macOS, and Linux.

Gitnoun

A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying, or childish person (usually a man).

Gitverb

To get, begone.

Gitverb

To get leave; scram; begone.

Gitnoun

See Geat.

Gitnoun

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

Git

Git () is software for tracking changes in any set of files, usually used for coordinating work among programmers collaboratively developing source code during software development. Its goals include speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows (thousands of parallel branches running on different systems).Git was created by Linus Torvalds in 2005 for development of the Linux kernel, with other kernel developers contributing to its initial development.