Fix npm publishing being broken in CI (#1765)

* Fix `v` tag_name prefix sneaking into npm version

* Fix `yarn version` failing in CI due to no git global ident name

* Add changelog

* Rename 1765.misc to 1765.clarification

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: 🔨 Install dependencies
         run: "yarn install --frozen-lockfile"
 
+      # We bump the package.json version to git, we just need it for publish to do the right thing
       - name: 🎖 Bump package.json version
-        run: "yarn version --new-version $VERSION"
+        run: "yarn version --new-version ${VERSION#v} --no-git-tag-version"
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.0
 

changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1765.clarification

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix npm release script for `@matrix-org/spec`.