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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def setup_manifest(datadir):
 """Create barebones manifest to be filled in during update """

    manifest_dir = os.path.join(datadir, "manifest")
    if not os.path.exists(manifest_dir):
        os.makedirs(manifest_dir)