How to check the version of GitLab?

Question

How to check which version of GitLab is installed on the server?

I am about version specified in GitLab changelog:
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/b

Answer 1

Get information about GitLab and the system it runs on :

bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production

Example output of gitlab:env:info

System information
System:     Arch Linux
Current User:   git
Using RVM:  yes
RVM Version:    1.20.3
Ruby Version:   2.0.0p0
Gem Version:    2.0.0
Bundler Version:1.3.5
Rake Version:   10.0.4

GitLab information
Version:    5.2.0.pre
Revision:   4353bab
Directory:  /home/git/gitlab
DB Adapter: mysql2
URL:        http://gitlab.arch
HTTP Clone URL: http://gitlab.arch/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL:  git@gitlab.arch:some-project.git
Using LDAP: no
Using Omniauth: no

GitLab Shell
Version:    1.4.0
Repositories:   /home/git/repositories/
Hooks:      /home/git/gitlab-shell/hooks/
Git:        /usr/bin/git

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