cgit error, apache/cgit doesn't interpret .lua file

Question

I'm using gitolite as my git base with cgit as my front-end and its lua-based auth-filter so that not everyone can see all repos. But I have a problem with the configuration of lua and cgit on the apache2 server. The main cgit configuration works but it doesn't recognize the .lua files when using the authentication-filters by adding following line to the cgitrc:

auth-filter=/usr/lib/cgit/filters/simple-authentication.lua

The error I get from apache2 error.log is:

AH01215: /usr/lib/cgit/filters/simple-authentication.lua: 1: : /usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi 
AH01215: --: not found: /usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi 
AH01215: : /usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi 
AH01215: /usr/lib/cgit/filters/simple-authentication.lua: 2: --: not found: /usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi 
AH01215: /usr/lib/cgit/filters/simple-authentication.lua: 3: --: not found: /usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi 
AH01215: /usr/lib/cgit/filters/simple-authentication.lua: 4: --: not found: /usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi 
AH01215: /usr/lib/cgit/filters/simple-authentication.lua: 6: Syntax error: newline unexpected: /usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi

This is my cgit part in the apache2.conf:

<VirtualHost *80:>
        LoadModule lua_module modules/mod_lua.so
        LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so

        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/cgit

        ScriptAlias /cgit "/usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi"
        Alias /cgit-css "usr/share/cgit/"
        <Directory "/home/git/repositories">
                AllowOverride None
                Options +ExecCGI
                AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
                DirectoryIndex /cgit
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
                
                RewriteEngine on
        </Directory>

        <Directory "/var/www/html/cgit">
                AllowOverride None
                Options +ExecCGI
                Order deny,allow
                Allow from all
        </Directory>
        
        <Directory "/usr/lib/cgit/">

                <Files "*.lua">
                        SetHandler lua-script
                </Files>
                Options +ExecCGI
                AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
                DirectoryIndex /cgit 
        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

I enabled the cgi and lua mods for apache (with a2enmod) and apt installed luajit, lua-posix and luaossl.

I'm not really sure how to fix this problem but maybe somebody had or will have this problem aswell and knows how to fix it.

Greetings, Yaz

cgit error, apache/cgit doesn't interpret .lua file

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