this should work

.drone.yml

@@ -4,25 +4,34 @@ name: default
 steps:
 - name: build
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:5.0
+  volumes:
+  - name: dist
+    path: /dist
   commands:
   - cd TOOHUCardAPI
   - dotnet restore TOOHUCardAPI.csproj
   - mkdir build
   - mkdir publish
-  - mkdir dist
   - dotnet build TOOHUCardAPI.csproj -c Release -o build
   - dotnet publish TOOHUCardAPI.csproj -c Release -o publish
-  - tar -czvf dist/TOOHUCardAPI.tar.gz publish/*
+  - tar -czvf /dist/TOOHUCardAPI.tar.gz publish/*
   - ls -l dist
 
 
 
 - name: gitea_release
   image: plugins/gitea-release
+  volumes:
+  - name: dist
+    path: /dist
   settings:
     api_key: 7337ccbb62d765fedea5d8a5c0f35ada9f451363
     base_url: https://git.orfl.xyz
     files:
-      - dist/*
+      - /dist/*
   when:
     event: tag
+
+volumes:
+  - name: dist
+    temp: {}