diff --git a/pydiffchecker/helper.py b/pydiffchecker/helper.py
index 6a6c214..9ac102c 100644
--- a/pydiffchecker/helper.py
+++ b/pydiffchecker/helper.py
@@ -13,3 +13,36 @@ def subprocess_readlines(cmd, cwd=None) -> Iterator[str]:
 
     if process.returncode != 0:
         raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(process.returncode, cmd)
+
+
+def get_changed_files(since, until, diff_filter=None, cwd=None):
+    command = ['git', 'diff-tree', '-r']
+    if diff_filter:
+        command.extend([f'--diff-filter={diff_filter}'])
+    command.extend([since, until])
+
+    raw_diff = subprocess_readlines(command, cwd=cwd)
+    return [parse_raw_file_info(raw_diff_entry)
+            for raw_diff_entry in raw_diff]
+
+
+def parse_raw_file_info(raw_diff_entry):
+    diff_entry = raw_diff_entry.lstrip(':').split()
+
+    mode_src = diff_entry[0]
+    mode_dst = diff_entry[1]
+    sha1_src = diff_entry[2]
+    sha1_dst = diff_entry[3]
+    status = diff_entry[4]
+    src = diff_entry[5]
+    dst = diff_entry[6] if len(diff_entry) > 6 else src
+
+    return {
+        'mode_src': mode_src,
+        'mode_dst': mode_dst,
+        'sha1_src': sha1_src,
+        'sha1_dst': sha1_dst,
+        'status': status,
+        'src': src,
+        'dst': dst
+    }
diff --git a/pydiffchecker/line_shift_checker.py b/pydiffchecker/line_shift_checker.py
index fe183a2..e4644a0 100644
--- a/pydiffchecker/line_shift_checker.py
+++ b/pydiffchecker/line_shift_checker.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import re
 from typing import List, Dict, Tuple, Sized, Iterable, Iterator
-from .helper import subprocess_readlines
+from .helper import subprocess_readlines, get_changed_files
 
 
 class ShiftedLines(Sized, Iterable):
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class ShiftedLines(Sized, Iterable):
 
 
 class LineShiftChecker:
+    SUBMODULE_MODE = '160000'
     DIFF_BLOCK_REGEX = r'@@ -(\d+),(\d+) \+(\d+),(\d+) @@'
 
     def __init__(self, revision_since: str, revision_until: str) -> None:
@@ -39,18 +40,8 @@ class LineShiftChecker:
                 for file_info in self.__get_changed_files()}
 
     def __get_changed_files(self) -> List[Dict]:
-        process_output = subprocess_readlines(['git', 'diff', '--name-status', '--diff-filter=MR',
-                                               self.revision_since, self.revision_until])
-
-        file_list = []
-        for line in process_output:
-            raw_file_info = line.split()
-            file_list.append({
-                'src': raw_file_info[1],
-                'dst': raw_file_info[2] if len(raw_file_info) > 2 else raw_file_info[1],
-            })
-
-        return file_list
+        return [file_info for file_info in get_changed_files(self.revision_since, self.revision_until, diff_filter='MR')
+                if file_info['mode_src'] != LineShiftChecker.SUBMODULE_MODE]
 
     def __get_shifted_lines_in_file(self, file_info: Dict[str, str]) -> ShiftedLines:
         process_output = subprocess_readlines(['git', 'diff',