import type { Format, PersistConfig } from '@code-pushup/models';
export declare function readTextFile(filePath: string): Promise<string>;
export declare function readJsonFile<T = unknown>(filePath: string): Promise<T>;
export declare function fileExists(filePath: string): Promise<boolean>;
export declare function directoryExists(filePath: string): Promise<boolean>;
export declare function ensureDirectoryExists(baseDir: string): Promise<void>;
export declare function removeDirectoryIfExists(dir: string): Promise<void>;
export declare function createReportPath({ outputDir, filename, format, suffix, }: Pick<Required<PersistConfig>, 'filename' | 'outputDir'> & {
    format: Format;
    suffix?: string;
}): string;
export declare function pluginWorkDir(slug: string): string;
export type CrawlFileSystemOptions<T> = {
    directory: string;
    pattern?: string | RegExp;
    fileTransform?: (filePath: string) => Promise<T> | T;
};
export declare function crawlFileSystem<T = string>(options: CrawlFileSystemOptions<T>): Promise<T[]>;
export declare function findNearestFile(fileNames: string[], cwd?: string): Promise<string | undefined>;
export declare function findLineNumberInText(content: string, pattern: string): number | null;
export declare function filePathToCliArg(filePath: string): string;
export declare function projectToFilename(project: string): string;
type SplitFilePath = {
    folders: string[];
    file: string;
};
export declare function splitFilePath(filePath: string): SplitFilePath;
export declare function truncatePaths(paths: string[]): string[];
export {};