import { CSpellSettingsI, CSpellSettingsWST } from './configLoader';
/**
 * Read / import a cspell configuration file.
 * @param filename - the path to the file.
 *   Supported types: json, yaml, js, and cjs. ES Modules are not supported.
 *   - absolute path `/absolute/path/to/file`
 *   - relative path `./path/to/file` (relative to the current working directory)
 *   - package `@cspell/dict-typescript/cspell-ext.json`
 */
export declare function readSettings(filename: string): CSpellSettingsI;
export declare function readSettings(filename: string, defaultValues: CSpellSettingsWST): CSpellSettingsI;
/**
 * Read / import a cspell configuration file.
 * @param filename - the path to the file.
 *   Supported types: json, yaml, js, and cjs. ES Modules are not supported.
 *   - absolute path `/absolute/path/to/file`
 *   - relative path `./path/to/file` (relative to `relativeTo`)
 *   - package `@cspell/dict-typescript/cspell-ext.json` searches for node_modules relative to `relativeTo`
 * @param relativeTo - absolute path to start searching for relative files or node_modules.
 */
export declare function readSettings(filename: string, relativeTo: string): CSpellSettingsI;
export declare function readSettings(filename: string, relativeTo: string, defaultValues: CSpellSettingsWST): CSpellSettingsI;
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