Reland http://codereview.chromium.org/9121050/ with fix for aura_win

ash/ash.gyp

 # 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.
 
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
     'grit_out_dir': '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/chrome',
   },
 
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'ash',
       'type': '<(component)',
       'dependencies': [
+        'ash_strings',
         '../base/base.gyp:base',
         '../base/base.gyp:base_i18n',
         '../base/third_party/dynamic_annotations/dynamic_annotations.gyp:dynamic_annotations',
         '../build/temp_gyp/googleurl.gyp:googleurl',
         '../net/net.gyp:net',
         '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
         '../third_party/icu/icu.gyp:icui18n',
         '../third_party/icu/icu.gyp:icuuc',
         '../ui/aura/aura.gyp:aura',
         '../ui/base/strings/ui_strings.gyp:ui_strings',
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           ],
           'mac_bundle_resources!': [
             'shell/cocoa/app-Info.plist',
           ],
           'xcode_settings': {
             'INFOPLIST_FILE': 'shell/cocoa/app-Info.plist',
           },
         }],
       ],
     },
+    {
+      'target_name': 'ash_strings',
+      'type': 'none',
+      'actions': [
+        # Localizable resources.
+        {
+          'action_name': 'ash_strings',
+          'variables': {
+            'grit_grd_file': 'ash_strings.grd',
+            'grit_out_dir': '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/ash_strings',
+          },
+          'includes': [ '../build/grit_action.gypi' ],
+        },
+      ],
+      'direct_dependent_settings': {
+        'include_dirs': [
+          '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/ash_strings',
+        ],
+      },
+    },
   ],
 }