diff --git a/recipes/argparse/recipe.py b/recipes/argparse/recipe.py
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+
+import os
+from SCons.Script import *
+
+def cook(env: Environment, git_ref: str = "master") -> dict:
+    repo = env.Cook('GitBranch', repo_name = 'argparse', remote_url = 'https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse.git', git_ref = git_ref)
+    checkout_root = repo['checkout_root']
+    return {
+        'CPPPATH': [os.path.join(checkout_root, 'include')]
+    }