Can I exclude job's execution when template changes in azure devops? - templates

Question

I am building a pipeline using a template (and nextly will be more pipelines using the same template). My problem is when I change something in the template the pipeline is executed, that means when there be more pipelines using the template, all will be executed.
Is there anyway to indicate that when template changes I don't need to execute pipeline automatically?
this is my template:
parameters:
- name: repoName # name of the parameter; required
type: string # data type of the parameter; required
default: ''
jobs:
- job: BuildImage
displayName: Build
pool:
name: Azure Pipelines
demands: java
vmImage: ubuntu-20.04
steps:
- checkout: ${{ parameters.repoName }}
clean: true
fetchDepth: 1
- task: Gradle#2
displayName: 'gradlew clean'
inputs:
workingDirectory: ./
tasks: clean
publishJUnitResults: false
jdkVersionOption: 1.11
- task: Gradle#2
displayName: 'gradlew build'
inputs:
options: '-x test'
publishJUnitResults: false
jdkVersionOption: 1.11
##Fix Jacoco
- task: Gradle#2
displayName: 'gradlew test'
inputs:
tasks: test
publishJUnitResults: false
codeCoverageToolOption: JaCoCo
jdkVersionOption: 1.11
## Add Sonar
and here the template is using it:
resources:
repositories:
- repository: repository
type: git
name: CORE_tpaas-utilities
ref: 'refs/heads/development'
extends:
template: ../templates/ci.yml
parameters:
repoName: repository

Answer 1

You can use the path filter for your pipeline trigger. For example add below to your pipeline yaml file.
resources:
....
trigger:
paths:
exclude:
- path/to/template.yml
extends:
....
After you specify above path filter to exclude the template yaml file for the pipeline trigger. The pipeline will not be executed when changes are made to the template file.
See here for more information.