1) Download and install JRebel from http://www.zeroturnaround.com/jrebel/current/
2) Edit the sbt command
java -Xmx512M -noverify -javaagent:/usr/bin/jrebel/jrebel.jar -jar `dirname $0`/sbt-launch.jar "$@"
3) go to your projects root directory and run:
sbt
sbt> update
sbt> jetty-run
sbt> ~ prepare-webapp