From 2567a98de9c03cce137e9290f6e8f663b7149298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RahwaZeslusHaile <rahwazeslase@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:16:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Ignore local virtual environment

---
 .gitignore | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e6..274d0491 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+.venv
\ No newline at end of file

From 510d4249b9e02fc4063e83ddcda49d3751463abc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RahwaZeslusHaile <rahwazeslase@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 13:46:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add Python cowsay CLI with animal selection and
 validation

---
 implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py b/implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d8b7ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import cowsay
+import sys
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Make animals say things"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "message", nargs="+", help="The message to say."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--animal",
+        default="cow",
+        help="The animal to be saying things."
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    text = " ".join(args.message)
+    animal = args.animal  
+
+    supported_animals = [
+        "beavis", "cheese", "cow", "daemon", "dragon", "fox",
+        "ghostbusters", "kitty", "meow", "miki", "milk", "octopus",
+        "pig", "stegosaurus", "stimpy", "trex", "turkey", "turtle", "tux"
+    ]
+
+    if animal not in supported_animals:
+        print(f"usage: cowsay [-h] [--animal {{{','.join(supported_animals)}}}] message [message ...]")
+        print(f"cowsay: error: argument --animal: invalid choice: '{animal}' (choose from {','.join(supported_animals)})")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    output = cowsay.get_output_string(animal, text)
+    print(output)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

From 669d05e6731dd38b371e77e7191d1827a20cc232 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RahwaZeslusHaile <rahwazeslase@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 06:19:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Use cowsay.char_names instead of hard-coded animal list

---
 implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py | 69 +++++++++++++++----------------
 implement-cowsay/requirements.txt |  1 +
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 implement-cowsay/requirements.txt

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py b/implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py
index 5d8b7ec7..bcf75a9b 100644
--- a/implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cowsay_script.py
@@ -1,39 +1,38 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 import cowsay
 import sys
 
-def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description="Make animals say things"
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "message", nargs="+", help="The message to say."
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--animal",
-        default="cow",
-        help="The animal to be saying things."
-    )
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    text = " ".join(args.message)
-    animal = args.animal  
-
-    supported_animals = [
-        "beavis", "cheese", "cow", "daemon", "dragon", "fox",
-        "ghostbusters", "kitty", "meow", "miki", "milk", "octopus",
-        "pig", "stegosaurus", "stimpy", "trex", "turkey", "turtle", "tux"
-    ]
-
-    if animal not in supported_animals:
-        print(f"usage: cowsay [-h] [--animal {{{','.join(supported_animals)}}}] message [message ...]")
-        print(f"cowsay: error: argument --animal: invalid choice: '{animal}' (choose from {','.join(supported_animals)})")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    output = cowsay.get_output_string(animal, text)
-    print(output)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="cowsay",
+    description="Make animals say things"
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--animal",
+    choices=cowsay.char_names,
+    default="cow",
+    help="The animal to be saying things."
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--list-animals",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="List available animals and exit."
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "message",
+    nargs="*",
+    help="The message for the animal to say."
+)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+if args.list_animals:
+    print("\n".join(cowsay.char_names))
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+if not args.message:
+    parser.error("the following arguments are required: message")
+
+getattr(cowsay, args.animal)(" ".join(args.message))
diff --git a/implement-cowsay/requirements.txt b/implement-cowsay/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc557103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-cowsay/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cowsay
\ No newline at end of file