import { Project } from "@atomist/automation-client";
/**
 * Return a virtual project with the given directory as root.
 * Updateable, with changes affecting the original project.
 * Inexpensive to invoke as the project created is a lightweight reference to the
 * same content on disk.
 * @param {Project} rootProject original project. Must be a LocalProject.
 * @param {string} pathUnder path under the root to be the based directory
 * of the new project
 * @return {Promise<Project>}
 */
export declare function localProjectUnder(rootProject: Project, pathUnder: string): Promise<Project>;