Reland of Have gn gen assert that the output directory does not have GYP artifacts

build/config/BUILD.gn

Index: build/config/BUILD.gn
diff --git a/build/config/BUILD.gn b/build/config/BUILD.gn
index 9a3a6b7452a50f09e826f4eba07f96d59115ffde..6132e84a2b5e55a6a07905ecce1f5bebeb1ec3b9 100644
--- a/build/config/BUILD.gn
+++ b/build/config/BUILD.gn
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 import("//build/config/sanitizers/sanitizers.gni")
 import("//build/config/ui.gni")
 import("//build/toolchain/goma.gni")
+
+# One common error that happens is that GYP-generated headers within gen/ get
+# included rather than the GN-generated ones within gen/ subdirectories.
+# TODO(agrieve): Remove once GYP is gone (as well as exec_script exception).
+assert(
+    exec_script("//build/dir_exists.py", [ "obj.host" ], "string") == "False",
+    "GYP artifacts detected in $root_build_dir.$0x0A" +
+        "You must wipe this directory before building with GN.")
 
 declare_args() {
   # When set (the default) enables C++ iterator debugging in debug builds.