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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ that can be fleshed out to make a useful plugin.
 `IkiWiki::Plugin::pagecount` is another simple example. All perl plugins
 should `use IkiWiki` to import the ikiwiki plugin interface. It's a good
 idea to include the version number of the plugin interface that your plugin
-expects: `use IkiWiki 2.00`.
+expects: `use IkiWiki 3.00`.
 
 An external plugin is an executable program. It can be written in any
 language. Its interface to ikiwiki is via XML RPC, which it reads from
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ plugin, and a "call" parameter, which tells what function to call for the
 hook.
 
 An optional "last" parameter, if set to a true value, makes the hook run
-after all other hooks of its type. Useful if the hook depends on some other
-hook being run first.
+after all other hooks of its type, and an optional "first" parameter makes
+it run first. Useful if the hook depends on some other hook being run first.
 
 ## Types of hooks
 
@@ -321,6 +321,41 @@ This hook should avoid directly redirecting the user to a signin page,
 since it's sometimes used to test to see which pages in a set of pages a
 user can edit.
 
+### cansave
+
+	hook(type => "cansave", id => "foo", call => \&cansave);
+
+This hook can be used to implement arbitrary access methods to control
+when a page being edited can be saved using the web interface (commits
+from revision control bypass it).
+
+When a page is about to be saved, each registered cansave hook is
+called in turn, and passed the page name, the edited content, a CGI
+object and a session object.
+
+The return value of a cansave hook is interpreted the same as for the
+canedit hook.
+
+### canremove
+
+	hook(type => "canremove", id => "foo", call => \&canremove);
+
+This hook can be used to implement arbitrary access methods to control when
+a page can be removed using the web interface (commits from revision control
+bypass it). It works exactly like the `canedit` hook.
+
+### canrename
+
+	hook(type => "canrename", id => "foo", call => \&canrename);
+
+This hook can be used to implement arbitrary access methods to control when
+a page can be renamed using the web interface (commits from revision control
+bypass it). It works exactly like the `canedit` and `canremove` hook,
+but is passed:
+* a CGI object
+* a session object
+* the named parameters `src`, `srcfile`, `dest` and `destfile`.
+
 ### editcontent
 
 	hook(type => "editcontent", id => "foo", call => \&editcontent);
@@ -360,14 +395,29 @@ This hook is called whenever ikiwiki normally saves its state, just before
 the state is saved. The function can save other state, modify values before
 they're saved, etc.
 
-### renamepage
+### renamelink
 
-	hook(type => "renamepage", id => "foo", call => \&renamepage);
+	hook(type => "renamelink", id => "foo", call => \&renamelink);
 
 This hook is called by the [[plugins/rename]] plugin when it renames
-something. The hook is passed named parameters: `page`, `oldpage`,
-`newpage`, and `content`, and should try to modify the content to reflect
-the name change. For example, by converting links to point to the new page.
+something, once per page linking to the renamed page's old location.
+The hook is passed named parameters: `page`, `oldpage`, `newpage`, and
+`content`, and should try to modify the content of `page` to reflect
+the name change. For example, by converting links to point to the
+new page.
+
+### rename
+
+	hook(type => "rename", id => "foo", call => \&renamepages);
+
+When a page or set of pages is renamed, the referenced function is
+called, and is passed:
+
+* a reference to an array of hashes with keys: `src`, `srcfile`,
+  `dest`, `destfile`, `required`. Such a hook function can modify
+  the array.
+* a CGI object
+* a session object
 
 ### getsetup
 
@@ -431,7 +481,7 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example:
 
 To import the ikiwiki plugin interface:
 
-	use IkiWiki '2.00';
+	use IkiWiki '3.00';
 
 This will import several variables and functions into your plugin's
 namespace. These variables and functions are the ones most plugins need,
@@ -486,7 +536,7 @@ use the following hashes, using a page name as the key:
   destination file.
 * `%pagesources` contains the name of the source file for each page.
 
-Also, the %IkiWiki::version variable contains the version number for the
+Also, the `%IkiWiki::version` variable contains the version number for the
 ikiwiki program.
 
 ### Library functions
@@ -696,11 +746,15 @@ This can be called when creating a new page, to determine what filename
 to save the page to. It's passed a page name, and its type, and returns
 the name of the file to create, relative to the srcdir.
 
-#### `targetpage($$)`
+#### `targetpage($$;$)`
 
 Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be
 rendered to.
 
+Optionally, a third parameter can be passed, to specify the preferred
+filename of the page. For example, `targetpage("foo", "rss", "feed")`
+will yield something like `foo/feed.rss`.
+
 ## Miscellaneous
 
 ### Internal use pages
@@ -820,14 +874,29 @@ it up in the history.
 
 It's ok if this is not implemented, and throws an error.
 
-#### `rcs_test_receive()`
+#### `rcs_receive()`
+
+This is called when ikiwiki is running as a pre-receive hook (or
+equivalent), and is testing if changes pushed into the RCS from an
+untrusted user should be accepted. This is optional, and doesn't make
+sense to implement for all RCSs.
+
+It should examine the incoming changes, and do any sanity 
+checks that are appropriate for the RCS to limit changes to safe file adds,
+removes, and changes. If something bad is found, it should exit
+nonzero, to abort the push. Otherwise, it should return a list of
+files that were changed, in the form:
 
-This is used to test if changes pushed into the RCS should be accepted.
-Ikiwiki will be running as a pre-receive hook (or equivilant) and should
-examine the incoming changes, decide if they are allowed, and communicate
-that to the RCS.
+	{
+		file => # name of file that was changed
+		action => # either "add", "change", or "remove"
+		path => # temp file containing the new file content, only
+			# needed for "add"/"change", and only if the file
+			# is an attachment, not a page
+	}
 
-This is optional, and doesn't make sense for all RCSs.
+The list will then be checked to make sure that each change is one that
+is allowed to be made via the web interface.
 
 ### PageSpec plugins