interface Option<TMeta> {
    /**
     * The flag or positional argument's name
     *
     * For example, `name: 'file'` will capture the value of flag `--file`
     */
    name: string;
    /**
     * By default we only capture flags that match the option `name`
     * But you can use `flags` to capture flags that match any of the specified values
     *
     */
    flags?: string[];
    /**
     * Option type
     *
     * We use the function to coerce the value
     */
    type: OptionSimpleType;
    /**
     * Allow multiple flags or positional arguments
     *
     * For flags, this means that the flag can be repeated.
     * @example
     * ```
     * $ node cli.js --foo --foo --foo
     * {foo: [true, true, true]}
     * $ node cli.js --foo 1 --foo 2 --foo 3
     * {foo: ['1', '2', '3']}
     * ```
     *
     * For positional arguments, you can provide multiple values.
     * It only captures non-flag value (not starting with a dash `-`) by default
     * but you can set it to `include-flags` to capture all values
     * @example
     * ```
     * $ node cli.js a b c
     * {some_optiona: ['a', 'b', 'c']}
     * ```
     */
    multiple?: boolean | "include-flags";
    /**
     * Mark this optional as a positional argument
     */
    positional?: boolean;
    /**
     * Stop parsing remaining arguments after current option
     *
     * The remaining arguments will be added to the `_` key
     */
    stop?: boolean;
    /**
     * Allow optional value
     *
     * For a non-boolean flag, this means that the flag value can be omitted
     * @example
     * ```bash
     * node cli.js --config
     * # `config` will be `true` instead of throwing an error
     * ```
     *
     * For a positional argument, this means it could be `undefined` in the returned object
     */
    optionalValue?: boolean;
    /**
     * Only add this option if this function returns true
     *
     * Already parsed options will be passed to the function
     */
    when?: (parsed: Parsed) => boolean;
    /**
     * Use this to store information about the option
     * Useful for building help message
     */
    meta?: TMeta;
}
declare type OptionSimpleType = StringConstructor | NumberConstructor | BooleanConstructor | ((value: string) => any);
declare type Parsed = {
    _: string[];
    [key: string]: any;
};
/**
 * Parse command line arguments with give option config
 *
 * Not that if you're using `process.argv`, you should always omit the first two elements,
 * i.e. pass `process.argv.slice(2)` to this function
 */
declare const parse: <TMeta>(args: string[], options: Option<TMeta>[]) => Parsed;

export { Option, Parsed, parse };