title: Setting "root" context path with Maven Jetty plugin
body: <p>I have the following Maven code snippet</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;plugin&gt;
    &lt;!-- http://docs.codehaus.org/display/JETTY/Maven+Jetty+Plugin --&gt;
    &lt;groupId&gt;org.mortbay.jetty&lt;/groupId&gt;
    &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-jetty-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
    &lt;version&gt;6.1.16&lt;/version&gt;
    &lt;configuration&gt;
      &lt;contextPath&gt;/thomas&lt;/contextPath&gt;
      &lt;stopPort&gt;9966&lt;/stopPort&gt;
      &lt;stopKey&gt;foo&lt;/stopKey&gt;
    &lt;/configuration&gt;
  &lt;/plugin&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to set context path to "/" but the Jetty plugin doesn't respect it, the context falls back to using the folder (or maybe the module) name as the context path. If I set a context path with a name, for example: </p>
  
  <pre><code> &lt;contextPath&gt;/thomas&lt;/contextPath&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any suggestions?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>