/**
 * Utilities for navigating packages.
 */
export default class PackageJsonHelpers {
    /**
     * Finds the path to the package folder of a given currentPath, by probing
     * upwards from the currentPath until a package.json file is found.
     * If no package.json can be found, undefined is returned.
     *
     * @param currentPath - a path (relative or absolute) of the current location
     * @returns a relative path to the package folder
     */
    static tryFindPackagePathUpwards(currentPath: string): string;
    /**
     * Loads the package.json file and returns the name of the package.
     *
     * @param packageJsonPath - an absolute path to the folder containing the
     * package.json file, it does not include the 'package.json' suffix.
     * @returns the name of the package (E.g. @microsoft/api-extractor)
     */
    static readPackageName(packageJsonPath: string): string;
}