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+from discord.ext import commands
+
+
+class Group(commands.Group):
+    """
+    A `discord.ext.commands.Group` subclass which supports root aliases.
+
+    A `root_aliases` keyword argument is added, which is a sequence of alias names that will act as
+    top-level groups rather than being aliases of the command's group. It's stored as an attribute
+    also named `root_aliases`.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.root_aliases = kwargs.get("root_aliases", [])
+
+        if not isinstance(self.root_aliases, (list, tuple)):
+            raise TypeError("Root aliases of a group must be a list or a tuple of strings.")