/**
 * Read a historical handoff file after an OpenSpec archive was moved from the
 * legacy root into the configured docs archive. The persisted pointer remains
 * the evidence source; only its `.comet/` suffix is resolved against the
 * already-resolved archived change directory.
 */
export declare function readLegacyArchivedHandoffFallback(projectRoot: string, changeDir: string, pointer: string, maxBytes: number): Promise<string | null>;
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