import type { CliConfig } from './cli-config.js';
/**
 * True when `--<flagName>` consumes the argument that follows it (`--banner`
 * takes an optional one, which still swallows the next non-flag token).
 *
 * Exported because whoever inspects raw argv before parsing — the version/help
 * detection in `cli.ts` — has to know that the `-v` in `--type-suffix -v` is a
 * *value*, not a request to print the version.
 */
export declare const flagTakesValue: (flagName: string) => boolean;
/**
 * Parses command-line arguments into a partial CLI config.
 * Every flag accepts both kebab-case and camelCase (e.g. `--out-dir` and `--outDir`)
 * and supports either `--flag value` or `--flag=value` syntax. Boolean flags toggle
 * on by presence and accept `--flag=false` to opt out. Only flags that were explicitly
 * provided are returned so they can be layered on top of config file values.
 */
export declare const parseCliArgs: (args: readonly string[]) => Partial<CliConfig>;