/** Ripgrep binaries inside `app.asar` are not executable (spawn throws ENOTDIR). */
export declare function isAsarBundledPath(filePath: string): boolean;
/** True when `filePath` is a real on-disk executable candidate (not inside asar). */
export declare function isRunnableRipgrepPath(filePath: string): boolean;
/** @internal Test-only — clears memoized ripgrep path between cases. */
export declare function resetRipgrepBinaryCacheForTests(): void;
export interface WorkspaceSearchHit {
    filePath: string;
    lineNumber: number;
    lineContent: string;
    matchStart: number;
    matchEnd: number;
}
/** Run ripgrep in a directory (absolute path). Returns empty array if rg fails to start. */
export declare function runRipgrepInDirectory(query: string, dirAbsPath: string): Promise<WorkspaceSearchHit[]>;
/**
 * List workspace-relative file paths via ripgrep `--files` (respects .gitignore; fast on large trees).
 * Returns POSIX paths relative to `dirAbsPath`.
 */
export declare function runRipgrepListFiles(dirAbsPath: string): Promise<string[]>;