We introduce and investigate the notion of a $\mathbb Z$-graded covering for a supermanifold. More precisely, Donagi and Witten suggested a construction of the first obstruction class for splitting of a supermanifold via differential operators. We prove that an infinite prolongation of this construction satisfies some universal properties and can be seen as a covering of a supermanifold in the category of graded manifolds.
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