import { Command } from "commander";
export interface ParseOptions {
    input: string;
    output: string;
}
/**
 * Walk any parsed YAML value and recursively resolve $ref entries.
 * Handles:
 *   - Objects with a single `$ref` key → replaced by the resolved value
 *   - Arrays whose items are `{ $ref }` objects → resolved and flattened inline
 *   - Plain objects → each value is walked
 *   - Primitives → returned as-is
 */
export declare function resolveRefs(value: unknown, baseDir: string): unknown;
/**
 * Load a split-config directory and return the fully-merged document.
 * Reads `<configDir>/index.yaml`, parses YAML, and recursively resolves $refs.
 */
export declare function loadSplitConfig(configDir: string): unknown;
export declare function createMergeCommand(): Command;
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