@Override
  protected RepoFile syncRepoFile(final LocalRepoTransaction transaction, final File file) {
    assertNotNull("transaction", transaction);
    assertNotNull("file", file);

    final File localRoot = getLocalRepoManager().getLocalRoot();
    final RepoFileDao rfDao = transaction.getDao(RepoFileDao.class);
    RepoFile repoFile = rfDao.getRepoFile(localRoot, file);
    // If the type changed, we must delete the RepoFile here before invoking the super-method,
    // because this would otherwise cause an invocation of Cryptree.preDelete(...) causing
    // the actual file to be deleted.

    if (repoFile != null
        && !LocalRepoSync.create(transaction).isRepoFileTypeCorrect(repoFile, file)) {
      rfDao.deletePersistent(repoFile);
      repoFile = null;
      transaction.flush();
    }
    repoFile = super.syncRepoFile(transaction, file);
    return repoFile;
  }