Why does git commit –amend change the hash even if I don’t make any changes?

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Yes, it’s the commit timestamp. Inspecting the contents of the two commits reveals:

$ git cat-file commit 82c7363bcfd727fe2d6b0a98412f71a10c8849c9
tree d87cbcba0e2ede0752bdafc5938da35546803ba5
author Thomas <xxx> 1400700200 +0200
committer Thomas <xxx> 1400700200 +0200

hello

$ git cat-file commit 7432fcf82b65d9d757efd73ef7d6bff4707f99bd
tree d87cbcba0e2ede0752bdafc5938da35546803ba5
author Thomas <xxx> 1400700200 +0200
committer Thomas <xxx> 1400700214 +0200

hello

If you amended in the same second as the original commit, presumably you’d get the same hash.

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