I have been using Gitlab since version 3 and have found it a joy to work with and I too look forward to the 22nd every month. We use it in our internal network

I have been using Gitlab since version 3 and have found it a joy to work with and I too look forward to the 22nd every month. We use it in our internal network along with Jenkins for CI and a custom built deployment application. It all works very well with 15 developers and QA personnel. The new gitlab-shell hasn't made any difference whatsoever over gitolite and the update went as smoothly as possible. gitlabhq also offer Vagrant/Chef VM recipes to quickly get set up. I encourage anyone considering a change to their VCS/deployment set up to give it a try!