fixup!: use $VERSION in npm-version

Author: jsjoeio

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -305,14 +305,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Decompress npm package
         run: tar -xzf package.tar.gz
 
+      # NOTE@jsjoeio - we do this so we can strip out the v
+      # i.e. v4.9.1 -> 4.9.1
+      - name: Get and set VERSION
+        run: |
+          TAG="${{ inputs.version || github.ref_name }}"
+          echo "VERSION=${TAG#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Modify version
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION )}}
         run: |
           echo "Updating version in root package.json"
-          npm version --prefix release ${{ inputs.version || github.ref_name }}
+          npm version --prefix release "$VERSION"
 
           echo "Updating version in lib/vscode/product.json"
           tmp=$(mktemp) 
-          jq '.codeServerVersion = "${{ inputs.version || github.ref_name }}"' release/lib/vscode/product.json > "$tmp" && mv "$tmp" release/lib/vscode/product.json
+          jq '.codeServerVersion = "$VERSION"' release/lib/vscode/product.json > "$tmp" && mv "$tmp" release/lib/vscode/product.json
 
       - name: Compress release package
         run: tar -czf package.tar.gz release