I've seen it asked a couple of times in #gitlab
on freenode about upgrading GitLab and what is a good method or recommended method. While GitLab HQ does not recommend a specific workflow for their upgrades I am here to introduce you to my work flow. Feel free to use it or adapt it to your own style. Please note I wrote the majority of this around GitLab 6.0 but GitLab 6.2 is currently released. This will likely apply to any future GitLab release if they stick to the same model of releasing via SCM.
If you'd like to follow other stuff I write about randomly I have a LinuxQuestions.org blog under the user sag47 or you can look at my recent posts on LinuxQuestions.org by doing an advanced search and search by user name. I try to make them all informative.
A GitLab major version is released on the 22nd of each month. Each release has it's own upgrad