import type { RootContent } from 'mdast';
import type { NormalizedReferenceSource } from './types.js';
export interface ResolveReferenceResult {
    publicBase: string;
    sourceBase: string;
    contents: RootContent[];
}
export declare const resolveReference: (localBasePath: string, localPublicBase: string, items: Record<string, NormalizedReferenceSource>, refName: string, force?: boolean) => Promise<ResolveReferenceResult | undefined>;
