fix: Version validation whitespace bug causing false mismatches

The grep/sed extraction wasn't stripping trailing whitespace/CR/LF properly.
Both versions were '1.6.0' but bash saw them as different strings.

Added 'tr -d \r\n | xargs' to both workflows to strip ALL whitespace.
This prevents the endless retag cycle from whitespace bugs.

Author: Michael-A-Kuykendall

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run version validation
         run: |
-          # Extract versions
-          CARGO_VERSION=$(grep '^version = ' Cargo.toml | head -1 | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/' | tr -d '\r\n')
-          TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}
+          # Extract versions - strip all whitespace and newlines
+          CARGO_VERSION=$(grep '^version = ' Cargo.toml | head -1 | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/' | tr -d '\r\n' | xargs)
+          TAG_VERSION=$(echo "${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" | tr -d '\r\n' | xargs)
 
           echo "🔍 MANDATORY VERSION VALIDATION"
-          echo "Cargo.toml: $CARGO_VERSION"
-          echo "Git tag:    $TAG_VERSION"
+          echo "Cargo.toml: '$CARGO_VERSION'"
+          echo "Git tag:    '$TAG_VERSION'"
 
           # FAIL if versions don't match
           if [ "$CARGO_VERSION" != "$TAG_VERSION" ]; then

.github/workflows/version-validation.yml

@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           TAG_NAME="${{ steps.determine_tag.outputs.tag_name }}"
 
-          # Extract version from Cargo.toml
-          CARGO_VERSION=$(grep '^version = ' Cargo.toml | head -1 | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/')
+          # Extract version from Cargo.toml - strip all whitespace/newlines
+          CARGO_VERSION=$(grep '^version = ' Cargo.toml | head -1 | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/' | tr -d '\r\n' | xargs)
 
-          # Extract version from tag (remove 'v' prefix)
-          TAG_VERSION=${TAG_NAME#v}
+          # Extract version from tag (remove 'v' prefix) - strip whitespace/newlines
+          TAG_VERSION=$(echo "${TAG_NAME#v}" | tr -d '\r\n' | xargs)
 
           echo "🔍 Version Check Results:"
-          echo "  Cargo.toml version: $CARGO_VERSION"
-          echo "  Git tag version:    $TAG_VERSION"
+          echo "  Cargo.toml version: '$CARGO_VERSION'"
+          echo "  Git tag version:    '$TAG_VERSION'"
 
           if [ "$CARGO_VERSION" != "$TAG_VERSION" ]; then
             echo "❌ ERROR: Version mismatch detected!"