import { PathCollection } from './types';
import type { Config } from '@stencil/core/compiler';
/**
 * Bootstraps the stencil config for an executor run: ensures the dist
 * directory exists, scaffolds the publishable package.json inside it,
 * and (for e2e) stages a `package.e2e.json` at the project root.
 *
 * Output-target paths themselves are not rewritten. `initializeStencilConfig`
 * already overrides `config.rootDir` to the distDir, which redirects every
 * default output target — user-defined `dir`s are respected as-is.
 */
export declare function prepareConfigAndOutputargetPaths(config: Config, pathCollection: PathCollection): Promise<Config>;