import type npmRegistryFetch from 'npm-registry-fetch';
/**
 * Utility function to load the appropriate configuration for npmRegistryFetch
 * from the .npmrc configuration chain. Essentially, this allows us to use .npmrc
 * files to configure reading from the NPM registry, which is useful when using
 * a custom registry, especially for private packages.
 *
 * This uses the @pnpm/npm-conf library for reading .npmrc files as its both
 * maintained and sane to work with.
 *
 * @param registry The NPM registry to use, if any
 */
export declare function getNpmRegistryConfiguration(registry?: string | null | undefined): npmRegistryFetch.Options;
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