3 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/helpers/index.ts b/src/utils/helpers/index.ts
index f340a49..79077de 100644
--- a/src/utils/helpers/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/helpers/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export * from './author';
 export * from './images';
 export * from './pages';
 export * from './reading-time';
+export * from './refs';
 export * from './rss';
 export * from './schema-org';
 export * from './strings';
diff --git a/src/utils/helpers/refs.test.tsx b/src/utils/helpers/refs.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93e5f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/helpers/refs.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { describe, it, jest } from '@jest/globals';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { forwardRef, useImperativeHandle } from 'react';
+import { mergeRefs } from './refs';
+
+const refValue = 'minus architecto qui';
+const TestComponentWithForwardedRef = forwardRef((_, ref) => {
+  useImperativeHandle(ref, () => refValue);
+  return null;
+});
+TestComponentWithForwardedRef.displayName = 'TestComponentWithForwardedRef';
+
+describe('merge-refs', () => {
+  it('can merge a ref function with a ref object', () => {
+    const refFn = jest.fn();
+    const refObj = { current: null };
+
+    const TestComponent = () => (
+      <TestComponentWithForwardedRef ref={mergeRefs([refFn, refObj])} />
+    );
+
+    render(<TestComponent />);
+
+    expect(refFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(refFn).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(refValue);
+    expect(refObj.current).toBe(refValue);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/helpers/refs.ts b/src/utils/helpers/refs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74a695a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/helpers/refs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import type { LegacyRef, MutableRefObject, RefCallback } from 'react';
+import type { Nullable } from '../../types';
+
+export const mergeRefs =
+  <T = unknown>(
+    refs: (MutableRefObject<T> | LegacyRef<T> | undefined | null)[]
+  ): RefCallback<T> =>
+  (value) => {
+    refs.forEach((ref) => {
+      if (typeof ref === 'function') {
+        ref(value);
+      } else if (ref !== null) {
+        (ref as MutableRefObject<Nullable<T>>).current = value;
+      }
+    });
+  };