c:\utils\git\bin\git.exe diff parser.c       
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 3559aaae..ee961910 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -8806,6 +8806,7 @@ xmlParseQNameAndCompare(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlChar const *name,
     const xmlChar *in;
     const xmlChar *ret;
     const xmlChar *prefix2;
+    int count;
 
     if (prefix == NULL) return(xmlParseNameAndCompare(ctxt, name));
 
@@ -8826,7 +8827,9 @@ xmlParseQNameAndCompare(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt, xmlChar const *name,
 	}
 	if (*cmp == 0 && (*in == '>' || IS_BLANK_CH (*in))) {
 	    /* success */
+	    count = (in - ctxt->input->cur);			
 	    ctxt->input->cur = in;
+	    ctxt->input->col += count;
 	    return((const xmlChar*) 1);
 	}
     }