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

chrome/chrome_exe.gypi

Index: chrome/chrome_exe.gypi
===================================================================
--- chrome/chrome_exe.gypi	(revision 96354)
+++ chrome/chrome_exe.gypi	(working copy)
@@ -45,19 +45,6 @@
         },
         '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 $(OutDir).
-            'configurations': {
-              'Debug_Base': {
-                'msvs_settings': {
-                  'VCLinkerTool': {
-                    'LinkIncremental': '1',
-                  },
-                },
-              },
-            },
             'msvs_settings': {
               'VCLinkerTool': {
                 'DelayLoadDLLs': [
@@ -461,8 +448,18 @@
             'VCLinkerTool': {
               'ImportLibrary': '$(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

+          ],
         }],
       ],
     },