Do not assume all --foo= options take filenames in generic long option completion, assume only that --*file*= does, and that --*dir*= takes dirs.

CHANGES

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ bash-completion (1.x)
     generic long option completion.
   * Add chown --from and --reference value completions.
   * Add chgrp --reference value completion.
+  * Do not assume all --foo= options take filenames in generic long option
+    completion, assume only that --*file*= does, and that --*dir*= takes dirs.
 
   [ Todd Zullinger ]
   * Make yum complete on filenames after install, deplist, update and upgrade

bash_completion

@@ -4300,7 +4300,14 @@ _longopt()
 	prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
 
 	if _split_longopt; then
-		_filedir
+		case "$prev" in
+			*[Dd][Ii][Rr]*)
+				_filedir -d
+				;;
+			*[Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]*)
+				_filedir
+				;;
+		esac
 		return 0
 	fi