Xcode Project Navigator, Cannot access Project - xcode

Question

I am struggling a lot with this. And I know that the answer is staring me in the face somewhere but no matter what I search or look up and try, nothing works.
My schemes are all pointing to my pod frameworks and I cannot select the project target, even if I try and add a new scheme or edit an old one.
My project navigator starts with a folder as shown above, and I have NO idea how to revert back to whatever I had done to get it like this.
If anyone has any suggestions please help.
I cannot access target build settings or project build settings, Is there a way to access them without going through the project navigator ?
I cannot build properly as shown from the schemes, is there an easy fix to this ? Have I somehow changed the target path to an incorrect file location? How to revert back ?
I'm stuck :(
UPDATE:
deleting the .xcworkspace file and reinstalling the podfile gives below error code.
```
RuntimeError - [Xcodeproj] Unknown object version.
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/xcodeproj-1.5.8/lib/xcodeproj/project.rb:218:in `initialize_from_file'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/xcodeproj-1.5.8/lib/xcodeproj/project.rb:103:in `open'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:918:in `block (2 levels) in inspect_targets_to_integrate'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:917:in `each'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:917:in `block in inspect_targets_to_integrate'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:912:in `inspect_targets_to_integrate'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer/analyzer.rb:78:in `analyze'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:243:in `analyze'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:154:in `block in resolve_dependencies'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:153:in `resolve_dependencies'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:116:in `install!'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:41:in `run'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/claide-1.0.2/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.5.2/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/bin/pod:22:in `load'
/Applications/CocoaPods.app/Contents/Resources/bundle/bin/pod:22:in `<main>'
```
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Answer 1

SOLUTION:
To my particularly specific problem, I had permission issues with the RUBYGEMS that is installed by default on all MAC devices.
I was not able to rebase my project to its original state as I did not have "write privileges". I had to install homebrew and rbenv which allowed me to (after deleting my cocoapods out of the project entirely) rebase my project to its original state before whatever I had done to rebase the file target to something else.
After installing Homebrew and Rbenv I installed a newer version of RubyGem which gave me admin permissions on the new install. Then I reinstalled cocoapods to the project and VOILA. Problem solved.