Manifest files allow developers to simplify deploying applications to Cloud Foundry by storing deployment metadata, like the application name, memory allocation, and services to bind, in a manifest.yml file. This bypasses prompts for user input. Manifests can inherit properties from a parent file, and multi-application manifests can define dependencies between applications, set start order, and deploy apps in multiple languages together.

1. Manifests
 Simplify push deployments with meta-data
 Stored as manifest.yml file
 Autogenerated by vmc
 Bypasses prompts for user input for:
• Application name
• Memory allocation
• Instance count
• Services to create or bind to
 Child manifest
• Inherits from a parent manifest file
 Multi-application manifests
• Handles dependencies on other applications
• Application start order
• Can mix applications from multiple languages
http://blog.cloudfoundry.com/post/13481010498/simplified-application-deployment-with-cloud-foundry-manifest
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