From 7f6555d75fd830a15a21773ead899dce7bd9a47d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 17:26:23 -1000
Subject: Say logins need virtual-root to be a path

---
 MANUAL.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'MANUAL.txt')

diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index 06a1184..8b3eefa 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -651,7 +651,9 @@ trust-scan-config::
 
 virtual-root::
 	Url used as root for all cgit links, such as "/cgit/" for links like
-	"/cgit/repo/tree/README". Default value: SCRIPT_NAME followed by a
+	"/cgit/repo/tree/README". The bundled auth filters send a visitor back
+	after a login only to a path on this host, so logins need it to be a
+	path rather than a full url. Default value: SCRIPT_NAME followed by a
 	slash.
 
 
-- 
cgit 2.12.1