From 5c6aa86bbde6f5ba101de877b34aedc7390bf257 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: griest024 <griest024@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 14:50:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(core): add `identity` function (#2785)

---
 libs/core/src/utils/identity.ts   | 7 +++++++
 libs/core/src/utils/public_api.ts | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 libs/core/src/utils/identity.ts

diff --git a/libs/core/src/utils/identity.ts b/libs/core/src/utils/identity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c38836ebf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/core/src/utils/identity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * The unary identity function.
+ * Returns whatever is passed to it.
+ */
+export function identity<T>(v: T): T {
+  return v;
+}
diff --git a/libs/core/src/utils/public_api.ts b/libs/core/src/utils/public_api.ts
index 3346d7c3fe..20d8f96dcd 100644
--- a/libs/core/src/utils/public_api.ts
+++ b/libs/core/src/utils/public_api.ts
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ export { shallowCompare } from './shallow-compare';
 export { shuffle } from './shuffle';
 export { unique } from './unique';
 export * from './long-arithmetic';
+export * from './identity';