Resolve "Add "What's new" menu item in top navigation"

app/helpers/release_blog_post_helper.rb

+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module ReleaseBlogPostHelper
+  def blog_post_url
+    Gitlab::ReleaseBlogPost.instance.blog_post_url
+  end
+end

app/views/layouts/header/_help_dropdown.html.haml

+- show_blog_link = current_user_menu?(:help) && blog_post_url.present?
 %ul
   - if current_user_menu?(:help)
     %li
       = link_to _("Help"), help_path
     %li.divider
+  - if show_blog_link
     %li
-      = link_to _("Submit feedback"), "https://about.gitlab.com/submit-feedback"
+      = link_to _("What's new?"), blog_post_url
+  %li
+    = link_to _("Submit feedback"), "https://about.gitlab.com/submit-feedback"
   - if current_user_menu?(:help) || current_user_menu?(:settings) || current_user_menu?(:profile)
     = render 'shared/user_dropdown_contributing_link'

changelogs/unreleased/25341-add-what-s-new-menu-item-in-top-navigation.yml

+---
+title: Resolve Add What's new menu item in top navigation
+merge_request: 23186
+author:
+type: added

lib/gitlab.rb

@@ -27,12 +27,52 @@ module Gitlab
     end
   end
 
+  def self.version_info
+    Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(Gitlab::VERSION)
+  end
+
   COM_URL = 'https://gitlab.com'.freeze
   APP_DIRS_PATTERN = %r{^/?(app|config|ee|lib|spec|\(\w*\))}
   SUBDOMAIN_REGEX = %r{\Ahttps://[a-z0-9]+\.gitlab\.com\z}
   VERSION = File.read(root.join("VERSION")).strip.freeze
   INSTALLATION_TYPE = File.read(root.join("INSTALLATION_TYPE")).strip.freeze
 
+  def self.pre_release?
+    VERSION.include?('pre')
+  end
+
+  def self.final_release?
+    !VERSION.include?('rc') && !pre_release?
+  end
+
+  def self.minor_release
+    "#{version_info.major}.#{version_info.minor}"
+  end
+
+  def self.prev_minor_release
+    "#{version_info.major}.#{version_info.minor - 1}"
+  end
+
+  def self.prev_major_release
+    "#{version_info.major.to_i - 1}"
+  end
+
+  def self.new_major_release?
+    version_info.minor.to_i.zero?
+  end
+
+  def self.previous_release
+    if version_info.minor_version?
+      if version_info.patch_version?
+        minor_release
+      else
+        prev_minor_release
+      end
+    else
+      prev_major_release
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.com?
     # Check `gl_subdomain?` as well to keep parity with gitlab.com
     Gitlab.config.gitlab.url == COM_URL || gl_subdomain?
@@ -49,12 +89,4 @@ module Gitlab
   def self.dev_env_or_com?
     Rails.env.development? || org? || com?
   end
-
-  def self.pre_release?
-    VERSION.include?('pre')
-  end
-
-  def self.version_info
-    Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(Gitlab::VERSION)
-  end
 end

lib/gitlab/release_blog_post.rb

+# frozen_string_literal: true
+require 'singleton'
+
+module Gitlab
+  class ReleaseBlogPost
+    include Singleton
+
+    RELEASE_RSS_URL = 'https://about.gitlab.com/releases.xml'
+
+    def blog_post_url
+      @url ||= fetch_blog_post_url
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def fetch_blog_post_url
+      installed_version = Gitlab.final_release? ? Gitlab.minor_release : Gitlab.previous_release
+      response = Gitlab::HTTP.get(RELEASE_RSS_URL, verify: false)
+
+      return unless response.code == 200
+
+      blog_entry = find_installed_blog_entry(response, installed_version)
+      blog_entry['id'] if blog_entry
+    end
+
+    def find_installed_blog_entry(response, installed_version)
+      response['feed']['entry'].find do |entry|
+        entry['release'] == installed_version || matches_previous_release_post(entry['release'], installed_version)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def should_match_previous_release_post?
+      Gitlab.new_major_release? && !Gitlab.final_release?
+    end
+
+    def matches_previous_release_post(rss_release_version, installed_version)
+      should_match_previous_release_post? && rss_release_version[/\d+/] == installed_version
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/gitlab/version_info.rb

@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ module Gitlab
       @patch = patch
     end
 
+    def minor_version?
+      minor.to_i > 0
+    end
+
+    def patch_version?
+      patch.to_i > 0
+    end
+
     def <=>(other)
       return unless other.is_a? VersionInfo
       return unless valid? && other.valid?

locale/gitlab.pot

@@ -7659,6 +7659,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Web terminal"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "What's new?"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "When a runner is locked, it cannot be assigned to other projects"
 msgstr ""
 

spec/features/dashboard/help_spec.rb

@@ -5,13 +5,23 @@ RSpec.describe 'Dashboard Help' do
     sign_in(create(:user))
   end
 
-  it 'renders correctly markdown' do
-    visit help_page_path("administration/raketasks/maintenance")
+  context 'help dropdown' do
+    it 'shows the "What\'s new?" menu item' do
+      visit root_dashboard_path
 
-    expect(page).to have_content('Gather information about GitLab and the system it runs on')
+      expect(page.find('.header-help .dropdown-menu')).to have_text("What's new?")
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'documentation' do
+    it 'renders correctly markdown' do
+      visit help_page_path("administration/raketasks/maintenance")
+
+      expect(page).to have_content('Gather information about GitLab and the system it runs on')
 
-    node = find('.documentation h2 a#user-content-check-gitlab-configuration')
-    expect(node[:href]).to eq '#check-gitlab-configuration'
-    expect(find(:xpath, "#{node.path}/..").text).to eq 'Check GitLab configuration'
+      node = find('.documentation h2 a#user-content-check-gitlab-configuration')
+      expect(node[:href]).to eq '#check-gitlab-configuration'
+      expect(find(:xpath, "#{node.path}/..").text).to eq 'Check GitLab configuration'
+    end
   end
 end

spec/lib/gitlab/release_blog_post_spec.rb

+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Gitlab::ReleaseBlogPost do
+  describe '.blog_post_url' do
+    let(:releases_xml) do
+      <<~EOS
+      <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
+      <feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
+      <entry>
+      <release>11.2</release>
+      <id>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/</id>
+      </entry>
+      <entry>
+      <release>11.1</release>
+      <id>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/22/gitlab-11-1-released/</id>
+      </entry>
+      <entry>
+      <release>11.0</release>
+      <id>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/22/gitlab-11-0-released/</id>
+      </entry>
+      <entry>
+      <release>10.8</release>
+      <id>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/22/gitlab-10-8-released/</id>
+      </entry>
+      </feed>
+      EOS
+    end
+
+    subject { described_class.send(:new).blog_post_url }
+
+    before do
+      stub_request(:get, 'https://about.gitlab.com/releases.xml')
+        .to_return(status: 200, headers: { 'content-type' => ['text/xml'] }, body: releases_xml)
+    end
+
+    context 'matches GitLab version to blog post url' do
+      it 'returns the correct url for major pre release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0-pre')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/22/gitlab-10-8-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct url for major release candidate' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0-rc3')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/22/gitlab-10-8-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct url for major release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/22/gitlab-11-0-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct url for minor pre release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.0-pre')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/22/gitlab-11-1-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct url for minor release candidate' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.0-rc3')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/22/gitlab-11-1-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct url for minor release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.0')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct url for patch pre release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1-pre')
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct url for patch release candidate' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1-rc3')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct url for patch release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql('https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/22/gitlab-11-2-released/')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns nil when no blog post is matched' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '9.0.0')
+
+        expect(subject).to be(nil)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/lib/gitlab_spec.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ describe Gitlab do
       expect(described_class.root).to eq(Pathname.new(File.expand_path('../..', __dir__)))
     end
   end
+
   describe '.revision' do
     let(:cmd) { %W[#{described_class.config.git.bin_path} log --pretty=format:%h -n 1] }
 
@@ -69,6 +70,82 @@ describe Gitlab do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '.final_release?' do
+    subject { described_class.final_release? }
+
+    context 'returns the corrent boolean value' do
+      it 'is false for a pre release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0-pre')
+
+        expect(subject).to be false
+      end
+
+      it 'is false for a release candidate' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.0-rc2')
+
+        expect(subject).to be false
+      end
+
+      it 'is true for a final release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.2')
+
+        expect(subject).to be true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.minor_release' do
+    subject { described_class.minor_release }
+
+    it 'returns the minor release of the full GitLab version' do
+      stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.1-rc3')
+
+      expect(subject).to eql '11.0'
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.previous_release' do
+    subject { described_class.previous_release }
+
+    context 'it should return the previous release' do
+      it 'returns the previous major version when GitLab major version is not final' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.1-pre')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql '10'
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the current minor version when the GitLab patch version is RC and > 0' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1-rc3')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql '11.2'
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the previous minor version when the GitLab patch version is RC and 0' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.0-rc3')
+
+        expect(subject).to eql '11.1'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.new_major_release?' do
+    subject { described_class.new_major_release? }
+
+    context 'returns the corrent boolean value' do
+      it 'is true when the minor version is 0 and the patch is a pre release' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.0.1-pre')
+
+        expect(subject).to be true
+      end
+
+      it 'is false when the minor version is above 0' do
+        stub_const('Gitlab::VERSION', '11.2.1-rc3')
+
+        expect(subject).to be false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '.com?' do
     it 'is true when on GitLab.com' do
       stub_config_setting(url: 'https://gitlab.com')

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
       .and_return(false)
   end
 
+  config.before(:suite) do
+    # Set latest release blog post URL for "What's new?" link
+    Gitlab::ReleaseBlogPost.instance.instance_variable_set(:@url, 'https://about.gitlab.com')
+  end
+
   config.before(:example, :request_store) do
     RequestStore.begin!
   end