import type { HomePath } from "./contract.js";
/** Where the configuration lives when the caller names no other file. */
export declare function defaultConfigPath(): string;
/**
 * Turns a home as written into an absolute, symlink-free path: a leading `~` becomes the
 * user's home, a relative path is resolved against the configuration file's own directory
 * (an invocation's working directory would make the same file mean different things), and
 * symlinks are followed so `src/import/discovery/` deduplicates locations, not spellings.
 *
 * A home that does not exist keeps its resolved spelling. Existence is not checked here —
 * a home may be created between the load and the search.
 */
export declare function resolveHomePath(raw: string, baseDir: string): Promise<HomePath>;