diff --git a/tools/fetch-pull-request b/tools/fetch-pull-request
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c8e3531427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/fetch-pull-request
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -x
+
+if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
+    set +x
+    echo "There are uncommitted changes:"
+    git status --short
+    echo "Doing nothing to avoid losing your work."
+    exit 1
+fi
+request_id="$1"
+remote=${2:-"upstream"}
+git fetch "$remote" "pull/$request_id/head"
+git checkout -B "review-original-${request_id}"
+git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD