import { LoadDiffParams } from '../types/args';
/**
 * Loads files to compare. As a source file checks if data is piped and then decides which one to take.
 */
export declare const loadIfDiffFiles: (params: LoadDiffParams) => Promise<{
    rawSourceManifest: unknown;
    rawTargetManifest: {
        name: string;
        initialize: {
            plugins: Record<string, {
                path: string;
                method: string;
                mapping?: Record<string, string> | undefined;
                config?: Record<string, any> | undefined;
                'parameter-metadata'?: {
                    inputs?: Record<string, {
                        unit: string;
                        description: string;
                        'aggregation-method': {
                            time: "sum" | "avg" | "none" | "copy";
                            component: "sum" | "avg" | "none" | "copy";
                        };
                    }> | null | undefined;
                    outputs?: Record<string, {
                        unit: string;
                        description: string;
                        'aggregation-method': {
                            time: "sum" | "avg" | "none" | "copy";
                            component: "sum" | "avg" | "none" | "copy";
                        };
                    }> | null | undefined;
                } | undefined;
            } | undefined>;
        };
        tree: Record<string, any>;
        description?: string | null | undefined;
        tags?: {
            kind?: string | null | undefined;
            complexity?: string | null | undefined;
            category?: string | null | undefined;
        } | null | undefined;
        explainer?: boolean | undefined;
        explain?: Record<string, any> | undefined;
        aggregation?: {
            type: "horizontal" | "time" | "vertical" | "component" | "both";
            metrics: string[];
            'skip-components'?: string[] | undefined;
        } | null | undefined;
        execution?: {
            status: string;
            command?: string | undefined;
            environment?: {
                'if-version': string;
                os: string;
                'os-version': string;
                'node-version': string;
                'date-time': string;
                dependencies: string[];
            } | undefined;
            error?: string | undefined;
        } | undefined;
    };
}>;