just some of possible refactorings possible after inventing branding_path_component

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 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.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   # Variables expected to be overriden on the GYP command line (-D) or by
   # ~/.gyp/include.gypi.
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         'use_cras%': '<(use_cras)',
         'use_ozone%': '<(use_ozone)',
         'embedded%': '<(embedded)',
         'use_libpci%': '<(use_libpci)',
         'use_openssl%': '<(use_openssl)',
         'use_openssl_certs%': '<(use_openssl_certs)',
         'enable_viewport%': '<(enable_viewport)',
         'enable_hidpi%': '<(enable_hidpi)',
         'buildtype%': '<(buildtype)',
         'branding%': '<(branding)',
+        'branding_path_component%': '<(branding)',
         'host_arch%': '<(host_arch)',
         'target_arch%': '<(target_arch)',
 
         'target_subarch%': '',
 
         # The channel to build on Android: stable, beta, dev, canary, or
         # default. "default" should be used on non-official builds.
         'android_channel%': 'default',
 
         # Set ARM architecture version.
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         # below for MIPS targets.
         'mips_arch_variant%': '',
 
         # MIPS DSP ASE revision. Possible values are:
         #   0: unavailable
         #   1: revision 1
         #   2: revision 2
         'mips_dsp_rev%': 0,
 
         'conditions': [
+          ['branding == "Chrome"', {
+            'branding_path_component%': 'google_chrome',
+          }],
+
+          ['branding == "Chromium"', {
+            'branding_path_component%': 'chromium',
+          }],
+
           # Ash needs Aura.
           ['use_aura==0', {
             'use_ash%': 0,
           }],
 
           # Set default value of toolkit_views based on OS.
           ['OS=="mac" or OS=="win" or chromeos==1 or use_aura==1', {
             'toolkit_views%': 1,
           }, {
             'toolkit_views%': 0,
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       'use_openssl_certs%': '<(use_openssl_certs)',
       'enable_viewport%': '<(enable_viewport)',
       'enable_hidpi%': '<(enable_hidpi)',
       'android_channel%': '<(android_channel)',
       'use_goma%': '<(use_goma)',
       'gomadir%': '<(gomadir)',
       'enable_app_list%': '<(enable_app_list)',
       'use_default_render_theme%': '<(use_default_render_theme)',
       'buildtype%': '<(buildtype)',
       'branding%': '<(branding)',
+      'branding_path_component%': '<(branding_path_component)',
       'arm_version%': '<(arm_version)',
       'sysroot%': '<(sysroot)',
       'chroot_cmd%': '<(chroot_cmd)',
       'system_libdir%': '<(system_libdir)',
 
       # Set to 1 to enable fast builds. Set to 2 for even faster builds
       # (it disables debug info for fastest compilation - only for use
       # on compile-only bots).
       'fastbuild%': 0,
 
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       'disable_nacl%': '0',
 
       # Sets the default version name and code for Android app, by default we
       # do a developer build.
       'android_app_version_name%': 'Developer Build',
       'android_app_version_code%': 1,
     },
 
     # Copy conditionally-set variables out one scope.
     'branding%': '<(branding)',
+    'branding_path_component%': '<(branding_path_component)',
     'buildtype%': '<(buildtype)',
     'target_arch%': '<(target_arch)',
     'target_subarch%': '<(target_subarch)',
     'mips_arch_variant%': '<(mips_arch_variant)',
     'mips_dsp_rev%': '<(mips_dsp_rev)',
     'host_arch%': '<(host_arch)',
     'toolkit_views%': '<(toolkit_views)',
     'ui_compositor_image_transport%': '<(ui_compositor_image_transport)',
     'use_aura%': '<(use_aura)',
     'use_ash%': '<(use_ash)',
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }