When set, Node.js will begin outputting [V8 JavaScript code coverage][] and
[Source Map][] data to the directory provided as an argument (coverage
information is written as JSON to files with a coverage
prefix).
NODE_V8_COVERAGE
will automatically propagate to subprocesses, making it
easier to instrument applications that call the child_process.spawn()
family
of functions. NODE_V8_COVERAGE
can be set to an empty string, to prevent
propagation.