If a field in a gauge theory is covariant is that the same as the covariant derivatives of the field are 0?

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If a field in a gauge theory is covariant is that the same as the covariant derivatives of the field are 0? I'd like a formal answer, coordinate free. E.g. the covariant derivative can be written as d \pm [A\wedge ] for some connection 1-form A