From 5be1c787a57316a07bc3ff9718239fda8ffdba73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:36:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] gitignore updated

---
 .gitignore | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e64..5da303acc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
+**/.venv
+**/requirements.txt

From 3895c1cc43cfad8c29c2e42a2fd4298770128521 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 09:57:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] cow.py file added and project setup with requirements.txt

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

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cow.py b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0b6ba312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import cowsay
\ No newline at end of file

From 8671d12f61bfbd034e1708ecfa37eb5eaa2ef8bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 10:21:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] argparse setup for project

---
 implement-cowsay/cow.py | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cow.py b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
index a0b6ba312..5582c4769 100644
--- a/implement-cowsay/cow.py
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
-import cowsay
\ No newline at end of file
+import cowsay
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="cowsay",
+    description="Make animals say things"
+)
+
+parser.add_argument("--animal", help="The animal to be saying things.")
+parser.add_argument("message", nargs="+", help="The message to say.")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# cowsay.cow(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
+
+
+animals = cowsay.char_names
+
+print(animals)
\ No newline at end of file

From 62bd86e53127b7621c4296127aa3550740a7c905 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 10:50:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] Basic logic complete

---
 implement-cowsay/cow.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cow.py b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
index 5582c4769..b92c85fb9 100644
--- a/implement-cowsay/cow.py
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
 import cowsay
 import argparse
 
+animals = cowsay.char_names
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     prog="cowsay",
     description="Make animals say things"
 )
 
-parser.add_argument("--animal", help="The animal to be saying things.")
+parser.add_argument("-a", "--animal", choices=animals, help="The animal to be saying things.")
 parser.add_argument("message", nargs="+", help="The message to say.")
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-# cowsay.cow(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
+message = " ".join(args.message)
 
+print(args)
 
-animals = cowsay.char_names
+if args.animal:
+    # cowsay[args.animal](message)
+    print(cowsay.get_output_string(args.animal, message))
+    # print('hi')
+else:
+    # print(cowsay.get_output_string('cow', 'Hello World'))
+    cowsay.cow(message) # if no animal is provided, use default
+
+
+
+print(animals)
 
-print(animals)
\ No newline at end of file
+ 
\ No newline at end of file

From 7d1e4b76f285bbe8249779356366f5d940d09487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 11:00:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] cowsay implementation complete, code cleaned up

---
 implement-cowsay/cow.py | 18 ++++++------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cow.py b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
index b92c85fb9..20d0e51a0 100644
--- a/implement-cowsay/cow.py
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import cowsay
 import argparse
 
+# Get dynamic list of animals from the cowsay library
 animals = cowsay.char_names
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -8,25 +9,18 @@
     description="Make animals say things"
 )
 
-parser.add_argument("-a", "--animal", choices=animals, help="The animal to be saying things.")
+parser.add_argument("--animal", choices=animals, help="The animal to be saying things.")
 parser.add_argument("message", nargs="+", help="The message to say.")
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
+# Join all message words into a single string
 message = " ".join(args.message)
 
-print(args)
 
 if args.animal:
-    # cowsay[args.animal](message)
-    print(cowsay.get_output_string(args.animal, message))
-    # print('hi')
+    cowsay.char_funcs[args.animal](message)
 else:
-    # print(cowsay.get_output_string('cow', 'Hello World'))
-    cowsay.cow(message) # if no animal is provided, use default
+    # if no animal is provided, use default
+    cowsay.cow(message)
 
-
-
-print(animals)
-
- 
\ No newline at end of file

From bd4f33ec01c82efabcbda6179fe14f0670ec5a9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 11:09:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] Code added into main function as per Python best practice

---
 implement-cowsay/cow.py | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cow.py b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
index 20d0e51a0..db2116593 100644
--- a/implement-cowsay/cow.py
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 import cowsay
 import argparse
 
-# Get dynamic list of animals from the cowsay library
-animals = cowsay.char_names
+def main():
+    # Get dynamic list of animals from the cowsay library
+    animals = cowsay.char_names
 
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-    prog="cowsay",
-    description="Make animals say things"
-)
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="cowsay",
+        description="Make animals say things"
+    )
 
-parser.add_argument("--animal", choices=animals, help="The animal to be saying things.")
-parser.add_argument("message", nargs="+", help="The message to say.")
+    parser.add_argument("--animal", choices=animals, help="The animal to be saying things.")
+    parser.add_argument("message", nargs="+", help="The message to say.")
 
-args = parser.parse_args()
+    args = parser.parse_args()
 
-# Join all message words into a single string
-message = " ".join(args.message)
+    # Join all message words into a single string
+    message = " ".join(args.message)
 
+    if args.animal:
+        cowsay.char_funcs[args.animal](message)
+    else:
+        cowsay.cow(message)
 
-if args.animal:
-    cowsay.char_funcs[args.animal](message)
-else:
-    # if no animal is provided, use default
-    cowsay.cow(message)
-
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

From 7125d1a67cdee82c34da41661d4b65d0bd14ce91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 11:17:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] If statement removed and default value added to animal
 flag

---
 implement-cowsay/cow.py | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/implement-cowsay/cow.py b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
index db2116593..e5345cbaa 100644
--- a/implement-cowsay/cow.py
+++ b/implement-cowsay/cow.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def main():
         description="Make animals say things"
     )
 
-    parser.add_argument("--animal", choices=animals, help="The animal to be saying things.")
+    parser.add_argument("--animal", choices=animals, default="cow",help="The animal to be saying things.")
     parser.add_argument("message", nargs="+", help="The message to say.")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ def main():
     # Join all message words into a single string
     message = " ".join(args.message)
 
-    if args.animal:
-        cowsay.char_funcs[args.animal](message)
-    else:
-        cowsay.cow(message)
+    # Output the message using the selected animal or the default cow
+    cowsay.char_funcs[args.animal](message)
+    
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()

From b3b1526b3261dd5203d29832ac8141be37c625aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:12:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] gitignore updated

---
 .gitignore | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5da303acc..da79f9017 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
 **/.venv
-**/requirements.txt

From b808b0635c9707aea31b0d019ce5922db14958c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rashaad Ebrahim <rmebrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:14:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] requirements.txt added

---
 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 000000000..cc5571034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-cowsay/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cowsay
\ No newline at end of file