From bb63f8f1778bc48b0999eb98db018762fafd95a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ciprian Hacman <ciprian@hakman.dev>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:22:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add generics alternatives for fi.Bool/Float*/Int*/String*()

---
 upup/pkg/fi/values.go | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/values.go b/upup/pkg/fi/values.go
index 980fffd1bb..b684f0dad6 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/values.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/values.go
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 )
 
+// PtrTo returns a pointer to a copy of any value.
+func PtrTo[T any](v T) *T {
+	return &v
+}
+
+// ValueOf returns the value of a pointer or its zero value
+func ValueOf[T any](v *T) T {
+	if v == nil {
+		return *new(T)
+	}
+	return *v
+}
+
 func StringValue(s *string) string {
 	if s == nil {
 		return ""