docs/.vitepress/config.ts

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
         collapsed: true,
         items: [
           {text: 'Project Tools Setup', link: '/td-guide/project-tools-setup'},
+          {text: 'SVN Setup', link: '/td-guide/svn-setup'}
         ]
       },
       {

docs/td-guide/project-tools-setup.md

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ shared
 This is the folder that should contain a version controlled file system to be shared over the network. (By using SVN, GIT-LFS, etc). Connect this folder to your version control software of choice and create the following folder structure. More details about shared folder structure can be found [here](/naming-conventions/svn-folder-structure.md)
 
 #### Initial Directory Set-Up
-1. Create your SVN Folder directly in the target directory `data/your_project_name/svn`. 
+1. Follow the [SVN-Setup guide](/td-guide/svn-setup.md) to create your SVN repository **before** populating the directory with folders. *(optional)*
 2. Use the following commands to generate the below folder structure.
     ```bash
     # Linux/Mac

docs/td-guide/svn-setup.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# SVN Set-Up
+
+The Blender Studio Pipeline relies on SVN to version control all .blend files used in production. This guide will show you how to install SVN on a workstation. 
+
+1. To install SVN please follow the instructions relevant for your system from the [Apache Subversion website](https://subversion.apache.org/packages.html)
+     - Windows users are recommended to use [TortoiseSVN Client](https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html)
+2. Navigate to the parent of the folder intended to be the svn repository. 
+    ```bash
+    cd ~/data/your_project_name # Linux / Mac
+    ```
+    ```bash
+    cd %HOMEPATH%\data\your_project_name # Windows
+    ```
+3. Create Repository
+- Via Terminal
+```bash
+# Windows & Linux/Mac
+svnadmin create --fs-type fsfs svn
+```
+- Via TortoiseSVN
+Right-click on the `svn` folder and navigate to `TortoiseSVN>Create Repository Here`
+
+
+::: info Note 
+For more details on how to set-up an SVN repository please see the official [SVN Documentation](https://subversion.apache.org/quick-start#setting-up-a-local-repo) and the [TortoiseSVN Documentation](https://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-repository.html)
+:::