export interface MergerConstructorOptions {
    ours: any;
    theirs: any;
    ancestor: any;
    filename?: string;
    preferred?: PreferredSide;
    /** Whether deletions are allowed in "our" side. */
    deletionsAllowed?: boolean;
}
export type PreferredSide = 'ours' | 'theirs' | null;
export type Path = string[];
declare const ConflictSeparator: "<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>";
export interface ConflictNode {
    CONFLICT: typeof ConflictSeparator;
    OURS: any;
    THEIRS: any;
    ANCESTOR: any;
    PATH: string;
}
export declare class Merger {
    ours: any;
    theirs: any;
    ancestor: any;
    filename?: string | null;
    preferred?: PreferredSide;
    deletionsAllowed: boolean;
    _hasConflicts: boolean;
    constructor({ ours, theirs, ancestor, filename, preferred, deletionsAllowed, }: MergerConstructorOptions);
    /**
     * Merge the 3 JSON objects and return the result
     */
    merge(): any;
    /**
     * The main merge function; we call it with the 3 json objects, and then
     * it recursively calls itself.  It modifies ourNode with the result
     * of the merge.
     *
     * Path is an array of key names indicating where we are in the object
     */
    mergeObject(ancestorNode: any, ourNode: any, theirNode: any, path?: Path): Object | ConflictNode;
    /**
     * Merge two arrays
     */
    mergeArray(ancestorArray: Array<any>, ourArray: Array<any>, theirArray: Array<any>, path?: Path): Array<any> | ConflictNode;
    /**
     * Generate a node to indicate a conflict
     * We include `<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>` so that developers used to searching for <<<<
     * to find conflicts can maintain their current habits
     */
    createConflictNode(ancestorValue: any, ourValue: any, theirValue: any, path: Path): ConflictNode;
    /**
     * Get the element at a path
     */
    getElementForPath(obj: Object, path: Path): any;
    /**
     * Get the parent element at a path
     */
    getParentElementForPath(obj: Object, path: Path): any;
    hasConflicts(): boolean;
}
export default Merger;