fixed it

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check version match
       run: |
         REPOSITORY_NAME=$(echo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" | awk -F '/' '{print $2}' | tr '-' '_')
-        echo "${GITHUB_REF_NAME:1}"
-        cat DotnetTestLib/VERSION
-        if [ "$(cat DotnetTestLib/VERSION)" = "${GITHUB_REF_NAME:1}" ] ; then
+        if [ "$(cat DotnetTestLib/VERSION)" = "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" ] ; then
           echo "Version matches successfully!"
         else
           echo "Version must match!"