import { type LinterConfig } from '../common';
/**
 * Callback for the config finder, called when a potential config file is found.
 * If you want to stop the search, return `true` from the callback, otherwise
 * return `false`.
 *
 * @param path Path to the config file
 * @returns `true` if the search should be stopped, `false` otherwise
 */
export type ConfigFinderCallback = (path: string) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
/**
 * Result of the config finder
 */
export type ConfigFinderResult = {
    /**
     * Path to the config file
     */
    path: string;
    /**
     * Parsed config object
     */
    config: LinterConfig;
};
/**
 * Discovers every AGLint config files in the current working directory and its parent directories.
 * It only checks file names, not the contents of the files, so it doesn't validate the config files.
 * If you didn't abort the search meanwhile, it will scan until it reaches the root directory.
 *
 * @param cwd Current working directory
 * @param callback Callback function that will be called with the path to the config file
 * if it is found
 * @throws If multiple config files are found in the same directory
 */
export declare function configFinder(cwd: string, callback: ConfigFinderCallback): Promise<void>;
/**
 * Finds the next config file in the current working directory and its parent directories.
 * It just searches for the first config file and returns its path.
 *
 * @param cwd Current working directory
 * @throws If multiple config files are found in the same directory
 * @throws If a config file is found, but it is not valid
 * @returns The path to the config file and the parsed config object or `null` if no config file was found
 */
export declare function findNextConfig(cwd: string): Promise<ConfigFinderResult | null>;
/**
 * Finds the first root config file in the current working directory and its parent directories.
 * It parses the config files and stops the search when it finds the root config file, which
 * is the first config file that has the "root" property set to `true`.
 *
 * If it doesn't find a root config file, but it finds a config file, it will return the first
 * config file.
 *
 * @param cwd Current working directory
 * @throws If multiple config files are found in the same directory
 * @throws If a config file is found, but it is not valid
 * @returns The path to the config file and the parsed config object or `null` if no config file was found
 */
export declare function findNextRootConfig(cwd: string): Promise<ConfigFinderResult | null>;