Fix flicker in iterm2 (#266)

packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useStateAndRef.ts

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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+// Hook to return state, state setter, and ref to most up-to-date value of state.
+// We need this in order to setState and reference the updated state multiple
+// times in the same function.
+export const useStateAndRef = <
+  // Everything but function.
+  T extends object | null | undefined | number | string,
+>(
+  initialValue: T,
+) => {
+  const [_, setState] = React.useState<T>(initialValue);
+  const ref = React.useRef<T>(initialValue);
+
+  const setStateInternal = React.useCallback<typeof setState>(
+    (newStateOrCallback) => {
+      let newValue: T;
+      if (typeof newStateOrCallback === 'function') {
+        newValue = newStateOrCallback(ref.current);
+      } else {
+        newValue = newStateOrCallback;
+      }
+      setState(newValue);
+      ref.current = newValue;
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
+  return [ref, setStateInternal] as const;
+};