RFC: Make include_dependency(path; track_content=true) the default

base/loading.jl

@@ -2090,21 +2090,22 @@ function _include_dependency(mod::Module, _path::AbstractString; track_content=t
 end
 
 """
-    include_dependency(path::AbstractString; track_content::Bool=false)
+    include_dependency(path::AbstractString; track_content::Bool=true)
 
 In a module, declare that the file, directory, or symbolic link specified by `path`
-(relative or absolute) is a dependency for precompilation; that is, the module will need
-to be recompiled if the modification time `mtime` of `path` changes.
-If `track_content=true` recompilation is triggered when the content of `path` changes
+(relative or absolute) is a dependency for precompilation; that is, if `track_content=true`
+the module will need to be recompiled if the content of `path` changes
 (if `path` is a directory the content equals `join(readdir(path))`).
+If `track_content=false` recompilation is triggered when the modification time `mtime` of `path` changes.
 
 This is only needed if your module depends on a path that is not used via [`include`](@ref). It has
 no effect outside of compilation.
 
 !!! compat "Julia 1.11"
     Keyword argument `track_content` requires at least Julia 1.11.
+    An error is now thrown if `path` is not readable.
 """
-function include_dependency(path::AbstractString; track_content::Bool=false)
+function include_dependency(path::AbstractString; track_content::Bool=true)
     _include_dependency(Main, path, track_content=track_content, path_may_be_dir=true)
     return nothing
 end

test/RelocationTestPkg2/src/RelocationTestPkg2.jl

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module RelocationTestPkg2
 
-include_dependency("foo.txt")
-include_dependency("foodir")
+include_dependency("foo.txt", track_content=false)
+include_dependency("foodir", track_content=false)
 greet() = print("Hello World!")
 
 end # module RelocationTestPkg2