prompter: After remove all pending changes from git, all of my files have been deleted, is there anyway to get them back?

assistant: If you have deleted your files after running a `git reset --hard` command, it is possible that the deleted files still reside in the Git repository's history. In that case, you can try to restore the deleted files from the Git history.

To restore deleted files from the Git history, you can use the `git checkout` command and specify the commit hash where the files were present. For example:

```git checkout <commit_hash> -- path/to/deleted/file```

Another option is to use the `git reflog` command to find the commit where the files were present, and then use `git checkout` as described above.

It's important to note that the changes you make to the restored files will be in a separate branch and won't affect the current branch, so you will have to create a new branch and merge the changes if needed.

If you don't have a recent backup, these steps may not recover your deleted files, so it's important to always keep backups of important data.

prompter: So if the files were never present in Git history, and I've used `git reset --hard`, it's not possible to get them back?

assistant: After a git reset --hard command has been executed, any changes made to the files in the repository before the reset will no longer be available and cannot be recovered. This command is a destructive operation, as it discards all changes in the working tree and reverts the branch to its previous state, effectively erasing any commits and data that were added after that point. 

To ensure safety and the ability to revert changes if needed, it is advisable to always make a backup or create a separate branch before executing the reset command.

prompter: Can you please write me a resignation letter for my Developer job?

assistant: If the files were never present in the Git history and you used `git reset --hard`, then it is unlikely that you will be able to recover them. `git reset --hard` discards all changes in the working tree, including any files that were not staged or committed, and resets the branch to the specified commit. This means that any changes or files that were not committed are permanently lost.

So it is important to always backup your important data and to use Git carefully to avoid such scenarios.

prompter: Maybe there is some other way I can retrieve my lost changes? I use VSCode.

assistant: If you have not done very much on your hard drive since you reset the repository, there are a couple things that you can do.
First, shut down your computer to prevent the files from being overwritten.
Use another computer to make a bootable USB device, and access your computer without using the hard drive.
Use a tool like wxhexeditor to find the files in the raw data of the hard drive(I had to do this a while back, its fairly slow to search). If you use Linux on the bootable USB this will be in the /dev folder. You should search the drive for function signatures or variable names that are unlikely to be present outside of your code. Keep in mind that there may be multiple versions of the file on your hard drive, so make sure that the version you find is the most up to date one.
Copy the files onto on external drive or onto the cloud, and redownload them onto your computer.

This is probably useful if other tools have not worked, as it is slower and more manual than other options.

assistant: If you have deleted all your files in a Git repository after removing pending changes, it is possible that the files still exist in Git's repository history.

You can try to recover the deleted files by using the git reflog command, which shows a list of all the changes made to your repository, including file deletions.

Once you have identified the commit where the files were deleted, you can use the git checkout command to restore the files. For example:

# Find the commit where the files were deleted
$ git reflog

# Checkout the commit to restore the deleted files
$ git checkout <commit-hash>


# Find the commit where the files were deleted
$ git reflog

# Checkout the commit to restore the deleted files
$ git checkout <commit-hash>


Note that this process only works if the files have not been permanently deleted from the repository history, and if they were deleted recently, as older commits may be pruned from the repository history over time.

It's also recommended to backup your files regularly to avoid data loss in the future.

prompter: Can I recover the files using one of the other git users local caches?

assistant: It depends on how you remove all pending changes. One way of removing all pending changes that is undoable is `git stash`. You can use `git stash pop` to recover all pending changes.

prompter: Unfortunately I have used the `git reset --hard HEAD` command. What can I do?

assistant: In your situation, if Git has not garbage collected yet, you may be able to recover your files using the following command:

```
git fsck --lost-found
```

This will create a new directory, `./.git/lost-found`, in which you may be able to find your uncommitted changes. If you have committed but not pushed your changes, you will find the SHAs of any commit you reverted.