export interface RewriteSpecifierResult {
    /** Whether the dependency string was modified. */
    changed: boolean;
    /** The resulting dependency string (unchanged when `changed` is false). */
    result: string;
}
/**
 * Rewrites the version specifier of a single PEP 508 dependency string so that
 * it references `newVersion`, when the dependency matches `packageName`.
 *
 * Behavior:
 * - Bumps the version of `==`, `===`, `~=` and `>=` clauses to `newVersion`,
 *   preserving the operator and the original component precision. Trailing `.*`
 *   prefix-match wildcards are preserved (e.g. `==1.1.*` becomes `==1.4.*`).
 * - Leaves `>`, `<`, `<=`, `!=` clauses untouched.
 * - Leaves dependencies with no version specifier untouched (the build step
 *   pins those automatically in publish mode).
 * - Throws when the resulting specifier no longer allows `newVersion` (e.g. a
 *   `<` ceiling below the release), so the developer can fix the constraint.
 *
 * @param dependency - The original dependency string (e.g. `lib1~=1.1`).
 * @param packageName - The package name being released.
 * @param newVersion - The newly released version (e.g. `1.4.0`).
 */
export declare function rewriteDependencySpecifier(dependency: string, packageName: string, newVersion: string): RewriteSpecifierResult;
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