Add upgrade path helper

What does this MR do and why?

Add upgrade path helper that we can use to enforce relationships to required stops.

Next, we'll replace usages of MIN_SCHEMA_GITLAB_VERSION

Related to: #481816 (closed)

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How to set up and validate locally

Just rspec right now really 😅