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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def stash(self, path):
 """Stashes the directory or file and returns its new location. """

        if os.path.isdir(path):
            new_path = self._get_directory_stash(path)
        else:
            new_path = self._get_file_stash(path)

        self._moves.append((path, new_path))
        if os.path.isdir(path) and os.path.isdir(new_path):
            # If we're moving a directory, we need to
            # remove the destination first or else it will be
            # moved to inside the existing directory.
            # We just created new_path ourselves, so it will
            # be removable.
            os.rmdir(new_path)
        renames(path, new_path)
        return new_path