1 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt
index 170e825..c45dbd3 100644
--- a/cgitrc.5.txt
+++ b/cgitrc.5.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ agefile::
         hh:mm:ss". You may want to generate this file from a post-receive
         hook. Default value: "info/web/last-modified".
 
+auth-filter::
+        Specifies a command that will be invoked for authenticating repository
+        access. Receives quite a few arguments, and data on both stdin and
+        stdout for authentication processing. Details follow later in this
+        document. If no auth-filter is specified, no authentication is
+        performed. Default value: none. See also: "FILTER API".
+
 branch-sort::
         Flag which, when set to "age", enables date ordering in the branch ref
         list, and when set to "name" enables ordering by branch name. Default
@@ -605,6 +612,8 @@ specification with the relevant string; available values are:
                 URL escapes for a path and writes 'str' to the webpage.
         'html_url_arg(str)'::
                 URL escapes for an argument and writes 'str' to the webpage.
+        'html_include(file)'::
+                Includes 'file' in webpage.
 
 
 Parameters are provided to filters as follows.
@@ -635,7 +644,32 @@ source filter::
         file that is to be filtered is available on standard input and the
         filtered contents is expected on standard output.
 
-Also, all filters are handed the following environment variables:
+auth filter::
+        The authentication filter receives 11 parameters:
+          - filter action, explained below, which specifies which action the
+            filter is called for
+          - http cookie
+          - http method
+          - http referer
+          - http path
+          - http https flag
+          - cgit repo
+          - cgit page
+          - cgit url
+        When the filter action is "body", this filter must write to output the
+        HTML for displaying the login form, which POSTs to "/?p=login". When
+        the filter action is "authenticate-cookie", this filter must validate
+        the http cookie and return a 0 if it is invalid or 1 if it is invalid,
+        in the exit code / close function. If the filter action is
+        "authenticate-post", this filter receives POST'd parameters on
+        standard input, and should write to output one or more "Set-Cookie"
+        HTTP headers, each followed by a newline.
+
+        Please see `filters/simple-authentication.lua` for a clear example
+        script that may be modified.
+
+
+All filters are handed the following environment variables:
 
 - CGIT_REPO_URL (from repo.url)
 - CGIT_REPO_NAME (from repo.name)