#include "commit.h"
 #include "revision.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char diff_files_usage[] =
 "git diff-files [-q] [-0/-1/2/3 |-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]"
        unsigned options = 0;
 
        init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
+       gitmodules_config();
        git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
        rev.abbrev = 0;
 
            (rev.diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH))
                rev.combine_merges = rev.dense_combined_merges = 1;
 
-       if (read_cache_preload(rev.diffopt.paths) < 0) {
+       if (read_cache_preload(rev.diffopt.pathspec.raw) < 0) {
                perror("read_cache_preload");
                return -1;
        }