Build chrome.exe into intermediate dir then copy it to output dir.

chrome/chrome_exe.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
   'target_defaults': {
     'variables': {
       'chrome_exe_target': 0,
     },
     'target_conditions': [
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         # listed here.
         'mac_bundle_resources!': [
           'app/app-Info.plist',
         ],
         'xcode_settings': {
           'CHROMIUM_STRIP_SAVE_FILE': 'app/app.saves',
           'INFOPLIST_FILE': 'app/app-Info.plist',
         },
         'conditions': [
           ['OS=="win"', {
-            # TODO(scottbyer): This is a temporary workaround.  The right fix
-            # is to change the output file to be in $(IntDir) for this project
-            # and the .dll project and use the hardlink script to link it back
-            # to $(OutDir).
-            'configurations': {
-              'Debug_Base': {
-                'msvs_settings': {
-                  'VCLinkerTool': {
-                    'LinkIncremental': '1',
-                  },
-                },
-              },
-            },
             'msvs_settings': {
               'VCLinkerTool': {
                 'DelayLoadDLLs': [
                   'dbghelp.dll',
                   'dwmapi.dll',
                   'uxtheme.dll',
                   'ole32.dll',
                   'oleaut32.dll',
                 ],
                 # Set /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS for chrome.exe itself.
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             'app/policy/cloud_policy_codegen.gyp:policy',
           ],
           'sources': [
             'app/chrome_exe.rc',
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/chrome_version/chrome_exe_version.rc',
           ],
           'msvs_settings': {
             'VCLinkerTool': {
               'ImportLibrary': '$(OutDir)\\lib\\chrome_exe.lib',
               'ProgramDatabaseFile': '$(OutDir)\\chrome_exe.pdb',
+              # In order to support incremental linking for both chrome exe and
+              # dll we need to build them to different directories (otherwise
+              # both files are called chrome.ilk and collide in the output
+              # directory.  We build chrome.exe to the intermediate directory
+              # and add a postbuild step (below) to copy the resulting
+              # executable to the output dir.
+              'OutputFile': '$(IntDir)\\chrome.exe',
             },
           },
+          'msvs_postbuild': [
+            'XCOPY /Y /F /R /K /I "$(IntDir)\\chrome.exe" "$(OutDir)"',

[Roger McFarlane (Google), 2011/08/12 18:40:33]

Linking isn't supported on Windows XP (which is the published minimum supported
Windows OS version) so we do a copy instead of making a link (mklink is build
into Vista and above).

http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/build-instructions-windows#TOC-Pre...

[Roger McFarlane (Google), 2011/08/12 20:35:03]

Muahahaha ... tools\build\win\hardlink_failsafe.bat

+          ],
         }],
       ],
     },
   ],
   'conditions': [
     ['OS=="win"', {
       'targets': [
         {
           'target_name': 'chrome_nacl_win64',
           'type': 'executable',
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           'configurations': {
             'Common_Base': {
               'msvs_target_platform': 'x64',
             },
           },
         },
       ],
     }],
   ],
 }