typesafehub/xsbt-start-script-plugin — pull request #12 by stephenjudkins (2012-05-02 03:02:59+00:00)
Title: Start Java using 'exec' so that monit/god can easily manage it

Many process managers send a SIGINT signal to the launched process to kill it. Currently, when this occurs, the start script dies leaving the Java process orphaned.

Simply invoking the Java process using `exec` addresses this problem, since the Java process assumes the same pid as the start script.