template: document ignore_changes (#368)

We reference a GitHub issue in the template data source docs, that explains how to employ the `ignore_changes` directive in terraform.
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
 IMPROVEMENTS:
 
 - `exoscale_instance_pool`: add `anti-affinity-group` & deprecate `affinity-group` #355
+- template: document ignore_changes #368 
 
 ## 0.59.1 (June 3, 2024)
 

diff --git a/docs/data-sources/template.md b/docs/data-sources/template.md
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ page_title: "exoscale_template Data Source - terraform-provider-exoscale"
 subcategory: ""
 description: |-
   Fetch Exoscale Compute Instance Templates https://community.exoscale.com/documentation/compute/custom-templates/ data.
+  Exoscale instance templates are regularly updated to include the latest updates. Whenever this happens, the template ID also changes which can lead terraform to plan the recreation of an instance. To work around this you may find this issue https://github.com/exoscale/terraform-provider-exoscale/issues/366 helpful.
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 # exoscale_template (Data Source)
 
 Fetch Exoscale [Compute Instance Templates](https://community.exoscale.com/documentation/compute/custom-templates/) data.
 
+Exoscale instance templates are regularly updated to include the latest updates. Whenever this happens, the template ID also changes which can lead terraform to plan the recreation of an instance. To work around this you may find [this issue](https://github.com/exoscale/terraform-provider-exoscale/issues/366) helpful.
+
 ## Example Usage
 
 ```terraform

diff --git a/exoscale/datasource_exoscale_template.go b/exoscale/datasource_exoscale_template.go
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ const (
 
 func dataSourceTemplate() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
-		Description: "Fetch Exoscale [Compute Instance Templates](https://community.exoscale.com/documentation/compute/custom-templates/) data.",
+		Description: `Fetch Exoscale [Compute Instance Templates](https://community.exoscale.com/documentation/compute/custom-templates/) data.
+
+Exoscale instance templates are regularly updated to include the latest updates. Whenever this happens, the template ID also changes which can lead terraform to plan the recreation of an instance. To work around this you may find [this issue](https://github.com/exoscale/terraform-provider-exoscale/issues/366) helpful.`,
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			dsTemplateAttrZone: {
 				Description: "The Exoscale [Zone](https://www.exoscale.com/datacenters/) name.",