doc: instructions for generating coverage reports

Add instructions for generating code coverage reports to BUILDING.md

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15190
Reviewed-By: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

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diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
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--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -126,6 +126,25 @@ To run the tests:
 $ make test
 ```
 
+To run the tests and generate code coverage reports:
+
+```console
+$ ./configure --coverage
+$ make coverage
+```
+
+This will generate coverage reports for both JavaScript and C++ tests (if you
+only want to run the JavaScript tests then you do not need to run the first
+command `./configure --coverage`).
+
+The `make coverage` command downloads some tools to the project root directory
+and overwrites the `lib/` directory. To clean up after generating the coverage
+reports:
+
+```console
+make coverage-clean
+```
+
 To build the documentation:
 
 This will build Node.js first (if necessary) and then use it to build the docs: