/**
 * Machine-level (not per-repo) hula settings, stored in
 * `~/.hublaunch/settings.json`. These are per-machine because the CLI itself is
 * installed per machine — e.g. whether to auto-update the CLI, and whether the
 * daily update check runs at all. Kept separate from the per-repo
 * `.hublaunch/hublaunch.config.js` on purpose.
 */
export interface GlobalSettings {
    /** When true, a newer CLI is installed automatically after the current command. */
    autoUpdate?: boolean;
    /** When false, the once-a-day "update available" check is disabled. */
    updateCheck?: boolean;
}
/** Default location of the global settings file. */
export declare function globalSettingsPath(): string;
/**
 * Read `~/.hublaunch/settings.json`. A missing or corrupt file is treated as an
 * empty object (`{}`) so callers never have to handle read/parse failures — a
 * corrupt file is simply overwritten on the next {@link writeGlobalSettings}.
 */
export declare function readGlobalSettings(filePath?: string): GlobalSettings;
/**
 * Merge `partial` into the existing settings and persist them, creating
 * `~/.hublaunch/` if needed. Returns the merged settings. A corrupt existing
 * file is discarded (treated as `{}`) before merging.
 */
export declare function writeGlobalSettings(partial: GlobalSettings, filePath?: string): GlobalSettings;
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