export type WorkspaceManifest = "package.json" | "pnpm-workspace.yaml";
export interface DetectedWorkspace {
    /** Absolute path of the directory holding the workspace manifest. */
    directory: string;
    manifest: WorkspaceManifest;
}
/**
 * Looks for a workspace manifest in `containingDirectory` and its ancestors --
 * that is, the directory the new package will be created inside, not the
 * package directory itself.
 *
 * The search is bounded by the enclosing Git repository: a monorepo is a
 * repository in practice, and stopping at its root keeps an unrelated
 * `package.json` higher up the filesystem (a home directory, say) from being
 * mistaken for the workspace. Returns undefined when the directory is not
 * inside a repository at all.
 */
export declare const detectWorkspaceRoot: (containingDirectory: string) => Promise<DetectedWorkspace | undefined>;
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