import type { CollectionConfig, Field, GlobalConfig } from 'payload';
import db from 'debug';
import type { NormalizedScheduledPostConfig } from './types.js';
export declare const debug: db.Debugger;
export declare const flattenFields: (fields: Field[]) => Field[];
export declare const isPluginPublishDateField: (field: Field) => boolean;
export declare const getPublishDateFieldNameFromFields: (fields: Field[]) => string | undefined;
export declare const fieldHasName: (field: Field, name: string) => boolean;
/**
 * Manual publishDate() fields only mark placement. During config decoration,
 * replace them with the normalized global field config plus any manual display
 * overrides stored by publishDate().
 */
export declare const applyManualPublishDateFieldOverrides: (field: Field, scheduleConfig: NormalizedScheduledPostConfig) => Field;
/**For each configured collection/global, validate any manually placed
 * publishDate() field, prevent name collisions, and auto-inject the field when
 * the entity is opted in but has not placed it manually.
 */
export declare const resolvePublishDateFieldsForEntity: ({ enabled, entityType, fields, fieldName, scheduleConfig, slug, }: {
    enabled: boolean;
    entityType: "collection" | "global";
    fields: Field[];
    fieldName: string;
    scheduleConfig: NormalizedScheduledPostConfig;
    slug: string;
}) => Field[];
/**
 * Merge the plugin's schedulePublish settings into the entity's versions.drafts.schedulePublish settings.
 */
export declare const withScheduledPublishVersions: <T extends CollectionConfig | GlobalConfig>(entity: T, timeIntervals: number) => T;