/**
 * Configuration loader
 */
import { type Config } from "./schema.js";
/**
 * Options for loading configuration
 */
export interface LoadConfigOptions {
    /** Current working directory (default: process.cwd()) */
    cwd?: string;
    /** User config path (default: ~/.reference-manager/config.toml) */
    userConfigPath?: string;
    /** CLI --config flag: explicit config file path (highest file priority) */
    configPath?: string;
    /** CLI argument overrides */
    overrides?: Partial<Config>;
}
/**
 * Load configuration from multiple sources
 *
 * Priority (highest to lowest):
 * 1. CLI argument overrides
 * 2. CLI --config file (configPath)
 * 3. Current directory config (.reference-manager.config.toml)
 * 4. Environment variable (REFERENCE_MANAGER_CONFIG)
 * 5. User config (~/.reference-manager/config.toml)
 * 6. Default values
 */
export declare function loadConfig(options?: LoadConfigOptions): Config;
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