[0.79] Avoid incorrectly updating caret position

[cipolleschi]

Target Branch(es)

0.79

Link to commit or PR to be picked

facebook/react-native@7771317

Description

Avoid incorrectly updating caret position

Issue resolved: facebook/react-native#50641

The caret position is updated incorrectly when a user is first typing if an zero-length selection is set.

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[fabriziocucci]

@react-native-bot merge 7771317 0.79-stable

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❌ I failed to process your request with this error:

Failed to cherry-pick 7771317 on branch 0.79-stable with: 1 with 'Command failed: cd react-native; git cherry-pick 7771317'

console output:

On branch 0.79-stable
You are currently cherry-picking commit 7771317e5c.
  (fix conflicts and run "git cherry-pick --continue")
  (use "git cherry-pick --skip" to skip this patch)
  (use "git cherry-pick --abort" to cancel the cherry-pick operation)

Unmerged paths:
  (use "git add <file>..." to mark resolution)
	both modified:   packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/TextInput/RCTTextInputComponentView.mm

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

[fabriziocucci]

Cherry-picked manually due to merge conflicts.