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+# gitlabvers - Get latest GitLab version number
+
+C++ tool to obtain latest version number(s) of GitLab. It downloads the GitLab
+Release notes file, and processes it using regular expressions.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- [libscrequest](https://git.bobpolis.com/bob/libscrequest)
+- [libscterm](https://git.bobpolis.com/bob/libscterm)
+
+## Build
+
+`make`
+
+## Install
+
+`sudo make install`
+
+## Documentation
+
+`man gitlabvers`