src/it/projects/descriptor-refs/jar-with-dependencies/deps-unpacked-to-root-dir/pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <parent>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.test</groupId>
    <artifactId>it-project-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1</version>
  </parent>
  
  <groupId>test</groupId>
  <artifactId>jar-with-dependencies-unpacked-to-root-dir</artifactId>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  
  <modules>
    <module>child1</module>
    <module>child2</module>
  </modules>
</project>