added version flag

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file
 
 ___
 
+## v6.1 (Sep 25, 2023)
+
+## Added
+- -v / --version flag for cowsay cli (https://github.com/VaasuDevanS/cowsay-python/issues/26)
+
+___
+
 ## v6.0 (Sep 08, 2023)
 
 ## Added
@@ -54,4 +61,4 @@ ___
 ___
 
 ## v1.0 (May 08, 2017)
-- Initial release with 14 characters
+- Initial release with 14 characters

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/cowsay)
 [![Github](https://img.shields.io/badge/github-cowsay--python-blue)](https://github.com/VaasuDevanS/cowsay-python)
 <br>
-![](https://img.shields.io/badge/Latest%20Release-Sep%2008,%202023-blue)
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/Latest%20Release-Sep%2025,%202023-blue)
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/cowsay)](https://pepy.tech/project/cowsay)
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/cowsay/month)](https://pepy.tech/project/cowsay)
 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/cowsay/week)](https://pepy.tech/project/cowsay)

cowsay/__main__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import argparse
 
-from . import CowsayError, char_names, char_funcs
+from . import CowsayError, char_names, char_funcs, __version__
 
 
 def cli():
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ def cli():
     parser.add_argument('-t', '--text',
                         required=True)
 
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--version',
+                        action='version', version=__version__)
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.character not in char_names:

cowsay/main.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from .characters import CHARS
 
-__version__ = '6.0'
+__version__ = '6.1'
 
 CHARS = dict(sorted(CHARS.items()))
 char_names = list(CHARS.keys())