/**
 * @fileoverview Brace expansion using the 'braces' package
 *
 * This module is critical because picomatch does NOT perform full brace expansion.
 * picomatch only does brace matching, meaning {a,b} will match 'a' or 'b'
 * but won't expand the pattern into ['a', 'b'].
 *
 * minimatch uses brace-expansion to fully expand patterns like:
 * - {a,b,c} -> ['a', 'b', 'c']
 * - {1..3} -> ['1', '2', '3']
 * - {a..c} -> ['a', 'b', 'c']
 * - a{b,c}d -> ['abd', 'acd']
 *
 * We use 'braces' package which is maintained by the same author as picomatch
 * and is what micromatch uses internally.
 *
 * Security considerations:
 * - Maximum expansion length is limited to prevent DoS attacks
 * - Range expansion is limited (e.g., {1..1000000} is restricted)
 *
 * @author 686f6c61
 * @see https://github.com/686f6c61/minimatch-fast
 * @license MIT
 */
import type { MinimatchOptions } from './types.js';
/**
 * Expand brace patterns like {a,b,c} and {1..3}
 *
 * Optimized with:
 * 1. Cache for repeated patterns
 * 2. Fast path for simple {a,b,c} patterns
 *
 * @param pattern - The glob pattern to expand
 * @param options - Minimatch options
 * @returns Array of expanded patterns
 */
export declare function braceExpand(pattern: string, options?: MinimatchOptions): string[];
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