export interface DiscoveredPackage {
    /** Absolute path to the package directory. */
    dir: string;
    /** Absolute path to the package's settings config file. */
    configPath: string;
    /** Short name (basename of the package dir). */
    name: string;
}
/**
 * Walk from `start` toward the filesystem root and return the first
 * directory that looks like a workspace root: it contains one of the
 * `WORKSPACE_MARKERS` or a `.git` directory. Returns `undefined` if
 * no marker is found.
 */
export declare function findWorkspaceRoot(start: string): string | undefined;
/**
 * List the packages under a workspace root that contain a
 * `node-settings.config.*` (or `settings.config.*`) file.
 *
 * Discovery priority:
 *   1. `pnpm-workspace.yaml` `packages:` globs (if present)
 *   2. `package.json` `workspaces` (npm / yarn / Bun)
 *   3. Heuristic: `packages/`, `apps/`, `services/`, `libs/` (legacy
 *      fallback for casual single-app repos)
 *
 * Each candidate directory is then probed for a config file; the
 * ones with a config are returned, sorted by name.
 */
export declare function discoverWorkspacePackages(root: string): DiscoveredPackage[];
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