From 5af07adba600a2125e0a7ece45c7612d49ef967c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eyuell21 <abrahameyuel4@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 12:43:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added gitignore files.

---
 .gitignore                  | 1 +
 implement-cowsay/.gitignore | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 implement-cowsay/.gitignore

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e6..3e5cc695 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
+.venv/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/implement-cowsay/.gitignore b/implement-cowsay/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cafc1cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-cowsay/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.venv/
\ No newline at end of file

From e448fe547b017caef4ed6392aa883434e2e10dd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eyuell21 <abrahameyuel4@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 12:44:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] created a requirements.txt files including the libraries
 to be installed.

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 implement-cowsay/requirements.txt | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 implement-cowsay/requirements.txt

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/requirements.txt b/implement-cowsay/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6b9ffd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-cowsay/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cowsay

From 96c0d120434bafc0a68928080994356aaac3d8d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eyuell21 <abrahameyuel4@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 09:23:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Cowsay python implementation

---
 implement-cowsay/cow.py | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 implement-cowsay/cow.py

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cow.py b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0790661a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import cowsay
+import inspect
+import sys
+
+def get_supported_animals():
+    animal_list = []
+    for name, func in inspect.getmembers(cowsay, inspect.isfunction):
+        if not name.startswith('_') and name not in ['cowsay', 'cowthink']:
+            animal_list.append(name)
+    return sorted(animal_list)
+
+
+def main():
+    animals = get_supported_animals()
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog='cowsay',
+        description='Make animals say things'
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'message',
+        nargs='+',
+        help='The message to say.'
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--animal',
+        choices=animals,
+        default='cow',
+        help=f'The animal to be saying things.'
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    message = ' '.join(args.message)
+
+    # Dynamically call the animal function (like cowsay.turtle("hello"))
+    try:
+        animal_func = getattr(cowsay, args.animal)
+        output = animal_func(message)
+        print(output)
+    except AttributeError:
+        print(f"Error: '{args.animal}' is not a valid animal.", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()