From b7e7151bb0c883763cc821277f3a0b7314757300 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Westerlund <victor@vlw.se>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:02:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(bash): add `trash` function and directory with
 self-cleaning (#132)

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/vlw/dotfiles/pulls/132
---
 .bash_aliases | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 .bash_profile |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index a5e59fc..339f9dc 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -178,6 +178,28 @@ mvf () {
     ll $1
 }
 
+# Move target to the trash directory and clean up expired items
+trash () {
+    local days=30
+
+    # Create trash directory if it does not exist
+    if [[ ! -d "$TRASH_DIR" ]]; then
+        mkdir "$TRASH_DIR"
+        echo "Created: $TRASH_DIR"
+    fi
+
+    # Remove expired files
+    find "$TRASH_DIR" -mindepth 1 -type f -mtime +"$days" -print0 | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f --
+    # Remove expired directories
+    find "$TRASH_DIR" -mindepth 1 -type d -mtime +"$days" -print0 | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -rf --
+
+    # Move target to trash if specified
+    if [ -e "$1" ]; then
+        mv "$1" "$TRASH_DIR"
+    fi
+}
+
+
 # +-----+
 # | Git |
 # +-----+
diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
index d6ca2ef..e11e366 100644
--- a/.bash_profile
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ export XDG_BIN_HOME="$HOME/.local/bin"
 export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
 export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
+
+# Use this directory for storing trashed items
+export TRASH_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash"