@classmethod
    def new(cls):
        manifest = {}
        for section in ['catalogs', 'included_manifests', 'managed_installs',
                        'managed_uninstalls', 'managed_updates',
                        'optional_installs']:
            manifest[section] = []
        return manifest
Returns an empty manifest object
dataset/ETHPy150Open munki/munkiwebadmin/manifests/models.py/Manifest.new