From e73f815485e82a5bb3661c08edd136272c381447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexis Provatas <vataspro@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:26:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] expose gauge group from GImpl

---
 Grid/qcd/action/gauge/GaugeImplTypes.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Grid/qcd/action/gauge/GaugeImplTypes.h b/Grid/qcd/action/gauge/GaugeImplTypes.h
index 8bbcde1017..9d3fa9ad59 100644
--- a/Grid/qcd/action/gauge/GaugeImplTypes.h
+++ b/Grid/qcd/action/gauge/GaugeImplTypes.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ template <class S, int Nrepresentation = Nc, int Nexp = 12, class Group = SU<Nc>
   typedef Lattice<SiteLink>    LinkField; 
   typedef Lattice<SiteField>   Field;
 
+  typedef Group GaugeGroup;
+
   // Guido: we can probably separate the types from the HMC functions
   // this will create 2 kind of implementations
   // probably confusing the users