diff --git a/local-cli/bundle/buildBundle.js b/local-cli/bundle/buildBundle.js
index df2c19d3a..f2d8e6088 100644
--- a/local-cli/bundle/buildBundle.js
+++ b/local-cli/bundle/buildBundle.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const saveAssets = require('./saveAssets');
 const defaultAssetExts = require('../../packager/defaults').assetExts;
 
 import type {RequestOptions, OutputOptions} from './types.flow';
-import type {ConfigT} from '../util/Config';
+import type {ConfigT} from '../core';
 
 function saveBundle(output, bundle, args) {
   return Promise.resolve(
diff --git a/local-cli/cliEntry.js b/local-cli/cliEntry.js
index 6933741ab..1e74b9233 100644
--- a/local-cli/cliEntry.js
+++ b/local-cli/cliEntry.js
@@ -10,21 +10,19 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
-const Config = require('./util/Config');
+const config = require('./core');
 
 const assertRequiredOptions = require('./util/assertRequiredOptions');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const childProcess = require('child_process');
 const commander = require('commander');
 const commands = require('./commands');
-const defaultConfig = require('./default.config');
 const init = require('./init/init');
-const minimist = require('minimist');
 const path = require('path');
 const pkg = require('../package.json');
 
-import type {Command} from './commands';
-import type {ConfigT} from './util/Config';
+import type {CommandT} from './commands';
+import type {ConfigT} from './core';
 
 commander.version(pkg.version);
 
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ function printUnknownCommand(cmdName) {
   ].join('\n'));
 }
 
-const addCommand = (command: Command, config: ConfigT) => {
+const addCommand = (command: CommandT, cfg: ConfigT) => {
   const options = command.options || [];
 
   const cmd = commander
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ const addCommand = (command: Command, config: ConfigT) => {
       Promise.resolve()
         .then(() => {
           assertRequiredOptions(options, passedOptions);
-          return command.func(argv, config, passedOptions);
+          return command.func(argv, cfg, passedOptions);
         })
         .catch(handleError);
     });
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ const addCommand = (command: Command, config: ConfigT) => {
       opt.command,
       opt.description,
       opt.parse || defaultOptParser,
-      typeof opt.default === 'function' ? opt.default(config) : opt.default,
+      typeof opt.default === 'function' ? opt.default(cfg) : opt.default,
     ));
 
   // Placeholder option for --config, which is parsed before any other option,
@@ -130,24 +128,6 @@ const addCommand = (command: Command, config: ConfigT) => {
   cmd.option('--config [string]', 'Path to the CLI configuration file');
 };
 
-function getCliConfig() {
-  // Use a lightweight option parser to look up the CLI configuration file,
-  // which we need to set up the parser for the other args and options
-  const cliArgs = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));
-
-  let cwd;
-  let configPath;
-  if (cliArgs.config != null) {
-    cwd = process.cwd();
-    configPath = cliArgs.config;
-  } else {
-    cwd = __dirname;
-    configPath = Config.findConfigPath(cwd);
-  }
-
-  return Config.get(cwd, defaultConfig, configPath);
-}
-
 function run() {
   const setupEnvScript = /^win/.test(process.platform)
     ? 'setup_env.bat'
@@ -155,7 +135,6 @@ function run() {
 
   childProcess.execFileSync(path.join(__dirname, setupEnvScript));
 
-  const config = getCliConfig();
   commands.forEach(cmd => addCommand(cmd, config));
 
   commander.parse(process.argv);
diff --git a/local-cli/commands.js b/local-cli/commands.js
index 5f2fe27bb..7e7612aed 100644
--- a/local-cli/commands.js
+++ b/local-cli/commands.js
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
-const getUserCommands = require('./core/getCommands');
+const { getProjectCommands } = require('./core');
 
-import type {ConfigT} from './util/Config';
+import type { ConfigT } from './core';
 
-export type Command = {
+export type CommandT = {
   name: string,
   description?: string,
   usage?: string,
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ const undocumentedCommands = [
   },
 ];
 
-const commands: Array<Command> = [
+const commands: Array<CommandT> = [
   ...documentedCommands,
   ...undocumentedCommands,
-  ...getUserCommands(),
+  ...getProjectCommands(),
 ];
 
 module.exports = commands;
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findAndroidAppFolder.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findAndroidAppFolder.spec.js
index 753ffbf6b..716d6f593 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findAndroidAppFolder.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findAndroidAppFolder.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const findAndroidAppFolder = require('../../config/android/findAndroidAppFolder');
+const findAndroidAppFolder = require('../../android/findAndroidAppFolder');
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const mocks = require('../../__fixtures__/android');
 
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findManifest.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findManifest.spec.js
index 45c2b996a..2377c39da 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findManifest.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findManifest.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const findManifest = require('../../config/android/findManifest');
+const findManifest = require('../../android/findManifest');
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const mocks = require('../../__fixtures__/android');
 
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findPackageClassName.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findPackageClassName.spec.js
index f1d4ae08a..ac2a9528a 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findPackageClassName.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/findPackageClassName.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const findPackageClassName = require('../../config/android/findPackageClassName');
+const findPackageClassName = require('../../android/findPackageClassName');
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const mocks = require('../../__fixtures__/android');
 
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/getDependencyConfig.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/getDependencyConfig.spec.js
index 82c51281b..c706662fe 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/getDependencyConfig.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/getDependencyConfig.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const getDependencyConfig = require('../../config/android').dependencyConfig;
+const getDependencyConfig = require('../../android').dependencyConfig;
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const mocks = require('../../__fixtures__/android');
 const userConfig = {};
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/getProjectConfig.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/getProjectConfig.spec.js
index f5d54382c..3c0b2f79d 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/getProjectConfig.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/getProjectConfig.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const getProjectConfig = require('../../config/android').projectConfig;
+const getProjectConfig = require('../../android').projectConfig;
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const mocks = require('../../__fixtures__/android');
 
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/readManifest.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/readManifest.spec.js
index cf18f8c14..481b9f3cc 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/readManifest.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/android/readManifest.spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const findManifest = require('../../config/android/findManifest');
-const readManifest = require('../../config/android/readManifest');
+const findManifest = require('../../android/findManifest');
+const readManifest = require('../../android/readManifest');
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const mocks = require('../../__fixtures__/android');
 
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/findAssets.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/findAssets.spec.js
index 7bbe89867..a3758e1b2 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/findAssets.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/findAssets.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const findAssets = require('../config/findAssets');
+const findAssets = require('../findAssets');
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const dependencies = require('../__fixtures__/dependencies');
 const isArray = (arg) =>
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/ios/findProject.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/ios/findProject.spec.js
index 08a931e01..141b28c2d 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/ios/findProject.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/ios/findProject.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const findProject = require('../../config/ios/findProject');
+const findProject = require('../../ios/findProject');
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const projects = require('../../__fixtures__/projects');
 const ios = require('../../__fixtures__/ios');
diff --git a/local-cli/core/__tests__/ios/getProjectConfig.spec.js b/local-cli/core/__tests__/ios/getProjectConfig.spec.js
index 9b1a88e75..bb27c22a1 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/__tests__/ios/getProjectConfig.spec.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/__tests__/ios/getProjectConfig.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
-const getProjectConfig = require('../../config/ios').projectConfig;
+const getProjectConfig = require('../../ios').projectConfig;
 const mockFs = require('mock-fs');
 const projects = require('../../__fixtures__/projects');
 
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/android/findAndroidAppFolder.js b/local-cli/core/android/findAndroidAppFolder.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/android/findAndroidAppFolder.js
rename to local-cli/core/android/findAndroidAppFolder.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/android/findManifest.js b/local-cli/core/android/findManifest.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/android/findManifest.js
rename to local-cli/core/android/findManifest.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/android/findPackageClassName.js b/local-cli/core/android/findPackageClassName.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/android/findPackageClassName.js
rename to local-cli/core/android/findPackageClassName.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/android/index.js b/local-cli/core/android/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/android/index.js
rename to local-cli/core/android/index.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/android/readManifest.js b/local-cli/core/android/readManifest.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/android/readManifest.js
rename to local-cli/core/android/readManifest.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/index.js b/local-cli/core/config/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ccc521c94..000000000
--- a/local-cli/core/config/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
- */
-'use strict';
-
-const android = require('./android');
-const findAssets = require('./findAssets');
-const ios = require('./ios');
-const windows = require('./windows');
-const path = require('path');
-const wrapCommands = require('./wrapCommands');
-
-const getRNPMConfig = (folder) =>
-  require(path.join(folder, './package.json')).rnpm || {};
-
-/**
- * Returns project config from the current working directory
- * @return {Object}
- */
-exports.getProjectConfig = function getProjectConfig() {
-  const folder = process.cwd();
-  const rnpm = getRNPMConfig(folder);
-
-  return Object.assign({}, rnpm, {
-    ios: ios.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.ios || {}),
-    android: android.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.android || {}),
-    windows: windows.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.windows || {}),
-    assets: findAssets(folder, rnpm.assets),
-  });
-};
-
-/**
- * Returns a dependency config from node_modules/<package_name>
- * @param {String} packageName Dependency name
- * @return {Object}
- */
-exports.getDependencyConfig = function getDependencyConfig(packageName) {
-  const folder = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName);
-  const rnpm = getRNPMConfig(
-    path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName)
-  );
-
-  return Object.assign({}, rnpm, {
-    ios: ios.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.ios || {}),
-    android: android.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.android || {}),
-    windows: windows.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.windows || {}),
-    assets: findAssets(folder, rnpm.assets),
-    commands: wrapCommands(rnpm.commands),
-    params: rnpm.params || [],
-  });
-};
diff --git a/local-cli/core/default.config.js b/local-cli/core/default.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c4d01a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-cli/core/default.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+const path = require('path');
+const flatten = require('lodash').flatten;
+
+const blacklist = require('../../packager/blacklist');
+
+const android = require('./android');
+const findAssets = require('./findAssets');
+const ios = require('./ios');
+const windows = require('./windows');
+const wrapCommands = require('./wrapCommands');
+const findPlugins = require('./findPlugins');
+
+import type {ConfigT} from './index';
+
+const getRNPMConfig = (folder) =>
+  // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
+  require(path.join(folder, './package.json')).rnpm || {};
+
+const attachPackage = (command, pkg) => Array.isArray(command)
+  ? command.map(cmd => attachPackage(cmd, pkg))
+  : { ...command, pkg };
+
+/**
+ * Default configuration for the CLI.
+ *
+ * If you need to override any of this functions do so by defining the file
+ * `rn-cli.config.js` on the root of your project with the functions you need
+ * to tweak.
+ */
+const config: ConfigT = {
+  getProjectCommands() {
+    const appRoot = process.cwd();
+    const plugins = findPlugins([appRoot])
+      .map(pathToCommands => {
+        const name = pathToCommands.split(path.sep)[0];
+
+        return attachPackage(
+          // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
+          require(path.join(appRoot, 'node_modules', pathToCommands)),
+          // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
+          require(path.join(appRoot, 'node_modules', name, 'package.json'))
+        );
+      });
+
+    return flatten(plugins);
+  },
+  getProjectConfig() {
+    const folder = process.cwd();
+    const rnpm = getRNPMConfig(folder);
+
+    return Object.assign({}, rnpm, {
+      ios: ios.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.ios || {}),
+      android: android.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.android || {}),
+      windows: windows.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.windows || {}),
+      assets: findAssets(folder, rnpm.assets),
+    });
+  },
+  getDependencyConfig(packageName) {
+    const folder = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName);
+    const rnpm = getRNPMConfig(
+      path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName)
+    );
+
+    return Object.assign({}, rnpm, {
+      ios: ios.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.ios || {}),
+      android: android.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.android || {}),
+      windows: windows.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.windows || {}),
+      assets: findAssets(folder, rnpm.assets),
+      commands: wrapCommands(rnpm.commands),
+      params: rnpm.params || [],
+    });
+  },
+  getAssetExts() {
+    return [];
+  },
+  getPlatforms() {
+    return [];
+  },
+  getBlacklistRE() {
+    return blacklist();
+  },
+  getTransformModulePath() {
+    return require.resolve('../../packager/transformer');
+  },
+  getProjectRoots() {
+    const root = process.env.REACT_NATIVE_APP_ROOT;
+    if (root) {
+      return [path.resolve(root)];
+    }
+    if (__dirname.match(/node_modules[\/\\]react-native[\/\\]local-cli[\/\\]core$/)) {
+      // Packager is running from node_modules.
+      // This is the default case for all projects created using 'react-native init'.
+      return [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../..')];
+    } else if (__dirname.match(/Pods[\/\\]React[\/\\]packager$/)) {
+      // React Native was installed using CocoaPods.
+      return [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../..')];
+    } else {
+      return [path.resolve(__dirname, '../..')];
+    }
+  },
+};
+
+module.exports = config;
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/findAssets.js b/local-cli/core/findAssets.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/findAssets.js
rename to local-cli/core/findAssets.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/getCommands.js b/local-cli/core/getCommands.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a1988f50..000000000
--- a/local-cli/core/getCommands.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
- */
-'use strict';
-
-const findPlugins = require('./findPlugins');
-const path = require('path');
-const flatten = require('lodash').flatten;
-
-const attachPackage = (command, pkg) => Array.isArray(command)
-  ? command.map(cmd => attachPackage(cmd, pkg))
-  : { ...command, pkg };
-
-/**
- * @return {Array} Array of commands
- */
-module.exports = function getCommands() {
-  const appRoot = process.cwd();
-  const plugins = findPlugins([appRoot])
-    .map(pathToCommands => {
-      const name = pathToCommands.split(path.sep)[0];
-
-      return attachPackage(
-        require(path.join(appRoot, 'node_modules', pathToCommands)),
-        require(path.join(appRoot, 'node_modules', name, 'package.json'))
-      );
-    });
-
-  return flatten(plugins);
-};
diff --git a/local-cli/core/index.js b/local-cli/core/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7927b4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-cli/core/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+const Config = require('../util/Config');
+const defaultConfig = require('./default.config');
+const minimist = require('minimist');
+
+import type {GetTransformOptions} from '../../packager/react-packager/src/Bundler';
+import type {CommandT} from '../commands';
+
+/**
+ * Configuration file of the CLI.
+ */
+export type ConfigT = {
+  extraNodeModules?: { [id: string]: string },
+  /**
+   * Specify any additional asset extentions to be used by the packager.
+   * For example, if you want to include a .ttf file, you would return ['ttf']
+   * from here and use `require('./fonts/example.ttf')` inside your app.
+   */
+  getAssetExts?: () => Array<string>,
+  /**
+   * Specify any additional platforms to be used by the packager.
+   * For example, if you want to add a "custom" platform, and use modules
+   * ending in .custom.js, you would return ['custom'] here.
+   */
+  getPlatforms: () => Array<string>,
+  /**
+   * Returns the path to a custom transformer. This can also be overridden
+   * with the --transformer commandline argument.
+   */
+  getTransformModulePath?: () => string,
+  getTransformOptions?: GetTransformOptions,
+  transformVariants?: () => {[name: string]: Object},
+  /**
+   * Returns a regular expression for modules that should be ignored by the
+   * packager on a given platform.
+   */
+  getBlacklistRE(): RegExp,
+  getProjectRoots(): Array<string>,
+  getAssetExts(): Array<string>,
+  /**
+   * Returns an array of project commands used by the CLI to load
+   */
+  getProjectCommands(): Array<CommandT>,
+  /**
+   * Returns project config from the current working directory
+   */
+  getProjectConfig(): Object,
+  /**
+   * Returns dependency config from <node_modules>/packageName
+   */
+  getDependencyConfig(pkgName: string): Object,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Loads the CLI configuration
+ */
+function getCliConfig(): ConfigT {
+  const cliArgs = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));
+
+  let cwd;
+  let configPath;
+
+  if (cliArgs.config != null) {
+    cwd = process.cwd();
+    configPath = cliArgs.config;
+  } else {
+    cwd = __dirname;
+    configPath = Config.findConfigPath(cwd);
+  }
+
+  return Config.get(cwd, defaultConfig, configPath);
+}
+
+module.exports = getCliConfig();
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/ios/findProject.js b/local-cli/core/ios/findProject.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/ios/findProject.js
rename to local-cli/core/ios/findProject.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/ios/index.js b/local-cli/core/ios/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/ios/index.js
rename to local-cli/core/ios/index.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/windows/findNamespace.js b/local-cli/core/windows/findNamespace.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/windows/findNamespace.js
rename to local-cli/core/windows/findNamespace.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/windows/findPackageClassName.js b/local-cli/core/windows/findPackageClassName.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/windows/findPackageClassName.js
rename to local-cli/core/windows/findPackageClassName.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/windows/findProject.js b/local-cli/core/windows/findProject.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/windows/findProject.js
rename to local-cli/core/windows/findProject.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/windows/findWindowsSolution.js b/local-cli/core/windows/findWindowsSolution.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/windows/findWindowsSolution.js
rename to local-cli/core/windows/findWindowsSolution.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/windows/generateGUID.js b/local-cli/core/windows/generateGUID.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/windows/generateGUID.js
rename to local-cli/core/windows/generateGUID.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/windows/index.js b/local-cli/core/windows/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from local-cli/core/config/windows/index.js
rename to local-cli/core/windows/index.js
diff --git a/local-cli/core/config/wrapCommands.js b/local-cli/core/wrapCommands.js
similarity index 91%
rename from local-cli/core/config/wrapCommands.js
rename to local-cli/core/wrapCommands.js
index a0f0fbc75..c7a7fe1e5 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/config/wrapCommands.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/wrapCommands.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
-const makeCommand = require('../makeCommand');
+const makeCommand = require('./makeCommand');
 
 module.exports = function wrapCommands(commands) {
   const mappedCommands = {};
diff --git a/local-cli/default.config.js b/local-cli/default.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 25091edbe..000000000
--- a/local-cli/default.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
- */
- 'use strict';
-
-var blacklist = require('../packager/blacklist');
-var path = require('path');
-var rnpmConfig = require('./core/config');
-
-/**
- * Default configuration for the CLI.
- *
- * If you need to override any of this functions do so by defining the file
- * `rn-cli.config.js` on the root of your project with the functions you need
- * to tweak.
- */
-var config = {
-  getProjectRoots,
-
-  getProjectConfig: rnpmConfig.getProjectConfig,
-  getDependencyConfig: rnpmConfig.getDependencyConfig,
-
-  /**
-   * Specify any additional asset extentions to be used by the packager.
-   * For example, if you want to include a .ttf file, you would return ['ttf']
-   * from here and use `require('./fonts/example.ttf')` inside your app.
-   */
-  getAssetExts() {
-    return [];
-  },
-
-  /**
-   * Specify any additional platforms to be used by the packager.
-   * For example, if you want to add a "custom" platform, and use modules
-   * ending in .custom.js, you would return ['custom'] here.
-   */
-  getPlatforms() {
-    return [];
-  },
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a regular expression for modules that should be ignored by the
-   * packager on a given platform.
-   */
-  getBlacklistRE() {
-    return blacklist();
-  },
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the path to a custom transformer. This can also be overridden
-   * with the --transformer commandline argument.
-   */
-  getTransformModulePath() {
-    return require.resolve('../packager/transformer');
-  },
-};
-
-function getProjectRoots() {
-  var root = process.env.REACT_NATIVE_APP_ROOT;
-  if (root) {
-    return [path.resolve(root)];
-  }
-  if (__dirname.match(/node_modules[\/\\]react-native[\/\\]local-cli$/)) {
-    // Packager is running from node_modules.
-    // This is the default case for all projects created using 'react-native init'.
-    return [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..')];
-  } else if (__dirname.match(/Pods[\/\\]React[\/\\]packager$/)) {
-     // React Native was installed using CocoaPods.
-    return [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..')];
-  } else {
-    return [path.resolve(__dirname, '..')];
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = config;
diff --git a/local-cli/util/Config.js b/local-cli/util/Config.js
index aa90e87bd..7032878e1 100644
--- a/local-cli/util/Config.js
+++ b/local-cli/util/Config.js
@@ -14,37 +14,25 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
-import type {GetTransformOptions} from '../../packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/index.js';
-
 const RN_CLI_CONFIG = 'rn-cli.config.js';
 
-export type ConfigT = {
-  extraNodeModules?: {[id: string]: string},
-  getAssetExts?: () => Array<string>,
-  getTransformModulePath?: () => string,
-  getTransformOptions?: GetTransformOptions,
-  transformVariants?: () => {[name: string]: Object},
-
-  getBlacklistRE(): RegExp,
-  getProjectRoots(): Array<string>,
-};
+// TODO: @bestander & @grabbou - get rid when internal tests are fixed
+export type { ConfigT } from '../core';
 
 /**
- * Module capable of getting the configuration that should be used for
- * the `rn-cli`. The configuration file is a JS file named `rn-cli.config.js`.
- * It has to be on any parent directory of the cli.
+ * Module capable of getting the configuration out of a given file.
  *
- * The function will return all the default configuration functions overriden
- * by those found on `rn-cli.config.js`, if any. If no default config is
- * provided and no configuration can be found in the directory hierarchy an
- * error will be thrown.
+ * The function will return all the default configuration, as specified by the
+ * `defaultConfig` param overriden by those found on `rn-cli.config.js` files, if any. If no
+ * default config is provided and no configuration can be found in the directory
+ * hierarchy, an error will be thrown.
  */
 const Config = {
-  get(
+  get<T>(
     cwd: string,
-    defaultConfig?: ConfigT | null,
+    defaultConfig?: T | null,
     pathToConfig?: string | null,
-  ): ConfigT {
+  ): T {
     let baseConfig;
 
     // Handle the legacy code path where pathToConfig is unspecified
@@ -67,6 +55,7 @@ const Config = {
         require(path.join(cwd, pathToConfig));
     }
 
+    // $FlowFixMe we return `at least` T + extras
     return {
       ...defaultConfig,
       ...baseConfig,