### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P tomcat-maven-plugin
Index: src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/tomcat/AbstractRunMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/tomcat/AbstractRunMojo.java	(revision 12152)
+++ src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/tomcat/AbstractRunMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@
     protected Context createContext( Embedded container )
         throws IOException
     {
-        Context context = container.createContext( getPath(), getDocBase().getAbsolutePath() );
+    	String contextPath = getPath();
+    	
+        Context context = container.createContext( "/".equals(contextPath) ? "" : contextPath, 
+        		getDocBase().getAbsolutePath() );
 
         context.setLoader( createWebappLoader() );
         context.setConfigFile( getContextFile().getAbsolutePath() );