Rhizome site in Flask
$ ln -s ../../../pre-commit.sh /path/to/straw-coffin/.git/hooks/pre-commit
$ cp /path/to/straw-coffin/sample_config.py ~/local_config.py
$ export RHIZ_APPLICATION_SETTINGS=~/local_config.py
Add the above export to your shell's init script (.bash_profile for some) so that RHIZ_APPLICATION_SETTINGS gets set permanently.
You will add/edit settings in ~/local_config.py to override default config.
$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python manage.py db upgrade
$ python manage.py seed_db
$ python manage.py runserver