/**
 * .gitignore parser — loads ignore patterns and tests file paths against them.
 */
export interface IgnoreRules {
    patterns: IgnorePattern[];
    projectRoot: string;
}
interface IgnorePattern {
    regex: RegExp;
    negated: boolean;
}
/**
 * Load .gitignore rules from a project root.
 * Falls back to built-in ignores if no .gitignore exists.
 */
export declare function loadIgnoreRules(projectRoot: string): IgnoreRules;
/**
 * Test whether a file path should be ignored.
 * @param filePath Absolute or relative path
 * @param rules Loaded ignore rules
 * @returns true if the path should be ignored
 */
export declare function isIgnored(filePath: string, rules: IgnoreRules): boolean;
/**
 * The rules that still apply beneath a directory the user named on purpose
 * (`@dir dist`). Drops every pattern that ignores the directory itself
 * (`dist/`, `/dist`) or all of its children at once (`dist/*`, `dist/**`),
 * and keeps the rest (`*.log`, `secrets.json`, negations), so naming a
 * directory never hides its whole contents.
 */
export declare function rulesBelow(dir: string, rules: IgnoreRules): IgnoreRules;
export {};