export type ProjectRoot = {
    root: string;
    /** True when an existing `.jira-agent/project.yaml` was found at `root`. */
    hasConfig: boolean;
    /**
     * The nearest enclosing repository, when there is one. Already found on the
     * way up; reported so workspace identity does not have to walk again.
     */
    gitRoot?: string;
};
/**
 * Nearest-ancestor search from `startDir`:
 *   1. the nearest `.jira-agent/project.yaml` - that directory is the root
 *   2. else the nearest `.git` - a FILE in a worktree/submodule counts just as
 *      much as a directory, since `existsSync` doesn't care which
 *   3. else `startDir` itself, so JAM still boots outside any repo
 *
 * This is deliberately the nearest ancestor, not the outermost repo root - a
 * project nested inside a monorepo should not have JAM walk past its own
 * `.git` into the monorepo's.
 */
export declare function resolveProjectRoot(startDir?: string): ProjectRoot;