Friendbot doesn't support topping off. Friendbot only creates new accounts and doesn't currently have the ability to send funds to existing accounts.

Instead of adding force, we can error and require the explicit removal instead of adding new options. So the way to do a force is just a remove and generate. Wdyt?

You can top off with friendbot. Generate a temporary account then transfer all funds to existing account. But after some reflection, since we have a keys rm it's not that hard for users to delete without needing to add another option.

I like it, @leighmcculloch @willemneal. I've added this:

• keys fund: top-off accounts if below --minimum-balance #1389

And I updated the description here to mention it and to get rid of the --force idea.

But there's a new question: With #1389, we're considering adding a --minimum-balance option. I think for the sake of clarity & simplicity, we do NOT add that to keys generate. But should we mention the existence of keys fund --minimum-balance in the output of keys generate?

the way i usually handle topoffs is by creating a new account + funding with friendbot, then merging the account. That means the existing account will be refilled with 10K XLM every time, which is good enough. I personally wouldn't add a --minimum-balance, and instead would refill the account every time if keys fund is called on a existing account.

But should we mention the existence of keys fund --minimum-balance in the output of keys generate?

Wouldn't hurt the UX to output to stderr a message saying that the account has been funded, and then how to refund it using #1389.

Today the command and its output looks like this:

$ stellar keys generate me --network testnet

We could change it to:

$ stellar keys generate me --network testnet
✅ Generated new key for 'me'
ℹ️ Public key: GDVLD7NRK4FSZ2QXPR4Z5QOM4U2KLBUP5J5RB7DDNBSHR6RASKR6APGE
ℹ️ Secret key: hidden (use 'stellar keys show me' to view)
🌎 Funding account with public key as address on testnet...
✅ Funded (use 'stellar keys fund me' to fund again)