/**
 * Version source provider interface and base utilities.
 *
 * @packageDocumentation
 * @public
 */
/**
 * Abstraction for reading and writing a version string from any manifest format.
 *
 * @public
 * @since 0.3.0
 */
export interface VersionSourceProvider {
    /** Human-readable provider name (e.g. `'package.json'`, `'Cargo.toml'`). */
    readonly name: string;
    /** Default manifest filename this provider handles. */
    readonly manifestFile: string;
    /** Returns `true` when the manifest file exists in `cwd`. */
    exists(cwd: string): boolean;
    /** Reads the version string from the manifest. Throws if missing or unreadable. */
    getVersion(cwd: string): string;
    /** Writes a version string back to the manifest. Throws if the file does not exist. */
    setVersion(version: string, cwd: string): void;
}
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