diff --git a/dev/checkout_pr.sh b/dev/checkout_pr.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+set -o pipefail
+set -e
+set -x
+
+function usage {
+  echo "Usage: $(basename "${0}") [-f] <PR_NUMBER>" 2>&1
+  echo '   -f  force overwrite of local branch (default: fail if exists)'
+  exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ ${#} -eq 0 ]]; then
+  usage
+fi
+
+FORCE=""
+while getopts ":f" arg; do
+  case "${arg}" in
+    f)
+      FORCE="--force"
+      ;;
+    ?)
+      usage
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+shift "$(($OPTIND -1))"
+
+PR_NUM=$1
+
+git fetch apache pull/${PR_NUM}/head:PR_${PR_NUM} ${FORCE}
+git checkout PR_${PR_NUM}