just some of possible refactorings possible after inventing branding_path_component

chrome_elf/chrome_elf.gyp

 # Copyright 2013 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.
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
   },
   'includes': [
     '../build/util/version.gypi',
     '../build/win_precompile.gypi',
     'blacklist.gypi',
     'dll_hash.gypi',
   ],
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'chrome_elf_resources',
       'type': 'none',
-      'conditions': [
-        ['branding == "Chrome"', {
-          'variables': {
-             'branding_path': '../chrome/app/theme/google_chrome/BRANDING',
-          },
-        }, { # else branding!="Chrome"
-          'variables': {
-             'branding_path': '../chrome/app/theme/chromium/BRANDING',
-          },
-        }],
-      ],
       'variables': {
         'output_dir': 'chrome_elf',
+        'branding_path': '../chrome/app/theme/<(branding_path_component)/BRANDING',
         'template_input_path': '../chrome/app/chrome_version.rc.version',
       },
       'sources': [
         'chrome_elf.ver',
       ],
       'includes': [
         '../chrome/version_resource_rules.gypi',
       ],
     },
     {
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               # Set /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS.
               'SubSystem': '2',
             },
           },
         },
       ],
     }],
   ],
 }