/**
 * CLI Options.
 */
export interface CLIOptions {
    /**
     * Regex patterns to exclude actions by name (repeatable).
     */
    exclude?: string[] | string;
    /**
     * Whether to include branch references in update checks.
     */
    includeBranches?: boolean;
    /**
     * Custom directory name (e.g., '.gitea' instead of '.github').
     */
    dir?: string[] | string;
    /**
     * Recursively scan directories for YAML files.
     */
    recursive?: boolean;
    /**
     * Preview changes without applying them.
     */
    dryRun: boolean;
    /**
     * Update style (sha or preserve).
     */
    style?: string;
    /**
     * Output a machine-readable JSON report.
     */
    json?: boolean;
    /**
     * Minimum age in days for updates.
     */
    minAge: number;
    /**
     * Update mode (major, minor, patch).
     */
    mode?: string;
    /**
     * Skip all confirmations.
     */
    yes: boolean;
}
/**
 * Result of parsing CLI arguments. `kind` discriminates what the caller should
 * do next.
 */
export type ParseArgumentsResult = {
    options: CLIOptions;
    kind: 'options';
} | {
    message: string;
    kind: 'error';
} | {
    kind: 'version';
    text: string;
} | {
    kind: 'help';
    text: string;
};
/**
 * Parse CLI arguments into normalized options.
 *
 * Reproduces the previous cac behavior without its runtime magic: numeric
 * coercion for `--min-age` and the option defaults are applied manually here,
 * and kebab-case flags are mapped to the camelCase option shape.
 *
 * @param argv - Raw arguments, typically `process.argv.slice(2)`.
 * @param appVersion - Version string used for `--version`.
 * @returns A discriminated result describing what the caller should do.
 */
export declare function parseArguments(argv: string[], appVersion: string): ParseArgumentsResult;