Trim placeholder from input via InputFromEditor

pkg/cli/util.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // InputFromEditor retrieves user input by opening an editor (one specified by
@@ -34,9 +35,16 @@ func InputFromEditor(placeholder string, pattern string) (string, error) {
 	bytes, _ := os.ReadFile(msgFile.Name())
 	content := string(bytes)
 
+	if placeholder != "" {
 		if content == placeholder {
 			return "", nil
 		}
 
+		// strip placeholder if content begins with it
+		if strings.HasPrefix(content, placeholder) {
+			content = content[len(placeholder):]
+		}
+	}
+
 	return content, nil
 }