About GitLab link in sidebar that links to help page

app/assets/stylesheets/framework/gitlab-theme.scss

@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
         }
       }
 
+      .about-gitlab {
+        color: $color-light;
+      }
     }
   }
 }

app/assets/stylesheets/framework/sidebar.scss

@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@
     padding: 0 8px;
     border-radius: 6px;
   }
+
+  .about-gitlab {
+    padding: 7px $gl-sidebar-padding;
+    font-size: $gl-font-size;
+    line-height: 24px;
+    display: block;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: 10px;
+  }
 }
 
 .sidebar-action-buttons {

app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml

@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@
       = link_to dashboard_snippets_path, title: 'Snippets' do
         %span
           Snippets
+
+    = link_to help_path, title: 'About GitLab CE', class: 'about-gitlab' do
+      %span
+        About GitLab CE

changelogs/unreleased/view-ce-vs-ee.yml

+---
+title: About GitLab link in sidebar that links to help page
+merge_request: 8316
+author: